stop pretending by Sonya Sones

It really happens just like that, in the blink of an eye. An older sister has a mental breakdown and has to go into hospital. A younger sister is left behind to cope with a family torn apart by grief, and friends who turn their backs on her. But worst of all is the loss of her sister, her confidante, her best friend.

This haunting first book is inspired by the true story of the author’s life. It is an intense and brutally honest story, told in a succession of powerful poems that take us into the cyclone of the narrator’s emotions: grief, anger, guilt, resentment, horror and ultimately, acceptance.