Part one of term paper
Everyone goes through a grieving stage in their lives. Lose of a loved one like a mother or just personal problems can cause a person to be upset and grieving. In the novel by Libby Hathorn, the main character Lara gives an example of the stages of grieving. And how she learnt to overcome her mother’s death. In the beginning of the no ...

Part two of term paper
... saving her from his wife and kids.” When Lara eventually meets her new stepmother, her half-brother and half-sisters, she immediately knows that she is not wanted and that they hate her. So Lara thinks that the Man will look after her and save her from his family. This is further denial of the pain and loneliness she feels. the novel expresses a young girl grieving over her mother’s death. Soon afterwards Lara meets a dog. She decides to call it because she thinks that it is a g ...