Recommended Age:
13
+
Ideal for readers who like atmospheric, character-focused stories with immersive, suspenseful elements.
About the Book
Lucie, neglected by her family, creates an elaborate imaginary world in a dollhouse, but as the real and imagined blur together, Lucie's grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous. A psychologically complex and unsettling novel about a child's retreat from an unbearable world.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
Lucie is profoundly neglected and emotionally abused by her family; her retreat into the dollhouse world becomes increasingly complete and suggests a dissociative break from reality; themes of neglect, psychological escape, and the question of sanity are emotionally disturbing and handled with literary seriousness.
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Mild Violence
There is no significant physical violence; horror is psychological.
Engagement:
Genre:
Horror
Published:
1989
Page Count:
147
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