Like a Thorn Author:Clara Vidal MÉLIE?S MOTHER IS sometimes nice, sometimes mean?prone to erratic behavior that Mélie does her best to cope with. As a young girl, she invents rituals to protect herself from her mother?s moods; but as Mélie becomes a teenager, the years of tiptoeing around her own home take their toll, and Mélie sinks into increasing unhappiness. No one underst... more »ands her situation.
No one understands that Mélie is treated like a thorn in her mother?s side. Since Mélie?s mother isn?t capable of change, it?s up to Mélie to find the strength to break free.« less