Giselle had fallen and now in her bones with no padding, now in her disparity, now in her childish state, Holly had lost something. Once she was someone Holly dressed like, someone Holly tried to act like, the girl Holly wanted to be had shrunk, into a weakling, a crackling pile of bones and skin. And her sister, how did it happen- the once brilliant woman Holly looked up to with wide wanting eyes was now a child, frail at her weakest weight. A chance with first drinks, first love, first hate, firsts in all that they welcome to a curious mind. Holly plays the game on the court, on the field, on the track, believing together we can run our weakness away, bruise our discrepancies, and fight off our feelings. She comes to find it is a disastrous game. She enters into the real exploration of life and all that existence entails. Holly dances with the ripples and tumbles of adolescence, growing out of the awkward shaped breasts and the bruises. Agnes swallows cigarettes and demands service. Holly is 14 with a sickly sister, Sol her sister’s boyfriend that doesn't know who he loves more, a dead very loving father, a track meet, visions of her dead father, a Christian junior high, and a wacky existence in adolescence. Giselle is a 22 year old in and out of college student, with a 14 year old sister named Holly, a dead unloving father, a broken heart, a boyfriend to drink with, and an eating disorder turning out to be a death wish.
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