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Under Rose-Tainted Skies
by Louise Gornall
"'How can I expect people to emphasize with a sickness they can't see?" Tears sting my eyes.
"You don't expect anything. You talk, you teach."'
This book was an exhausting read, but for a good reason and it does an excellent job at starting a conversation regarding the stigma of mental illness and putting the reader in the mind of the sufferer.
The story takes you into the mind of Norah, who suffers from a form of OCD and agoraphobia, which causes her to overthink mundane details and irrationally fear outrageously slim chance outcomes. She knows in her head that these things are silly and she wants nothing more than to be a normal person, but her mind just refuses to cooperate with her. Then comes along Luke, who just moved in next door and develops a relationship with Norah that sends her on an emotional rollercoaster at times because she so badly wants him to have as much as a normal life as possible, even if it doesn't include her, but she's also never been this close to someone other than her mother in four years since she became sick.
Luke's character demonstrates exceptionally well how one should treat someone's mental illness. His character is cautious and compassionate and it's because of his unconditional understanding of Norah, that she deems him safe in the end.
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is a fantastic story regarding the issue of mental health and it was such a light read, that I was able to breeze through it in a day.
"You don't expect anything. You talk, you teach."'
This book was an exhausting read, but for a good reason and it does an excellent job at starting a conversation regarding the stigma of mental illness and putting the reader in the mind of the sufferer.
The story takes you into the mind of Norah, who suffers from a form of OCD and agoraphobia, which causes her to overthink mundane details and irrationally fear outrageously slim chance outcomes. She knows in her head that these things are silly and she wants nothing more than to be a normal person, but her mind just refuses to cooperate with her. Then comes along Luke, who just moved in next door and develops a relationship with Norah that sends her on an emotional rollercoaster at times because she so badly wants him to have as much as a normal life as possible, even if it doesn't include her, but she's also never been this close to someone other than her mother in four years since she became sick.
Luke's character demonstrates exceptionally well how one should treat someone's mental illness. His character is cautious and compassionate and it's because of his unconditional understanding of Norah, that she deems him safe in the end.
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is a fantastic story regarding the issue of mental health and it was such a light read, that I was able to breeze through it in a day.