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livewithstyle
Since: May, 2016
9th Feb, 2019 11:45:32 PM
Reason to Breath by Rebecca Donovan?
There was a book where the protagonist's name is Em (I think). In the book, it talks about how Em grew up struggling in life but loves to write. I think in that book, her mother was mentioned to be fat and very abusive to Em and her sister. Also, there was one scene in the book where Em's mother finds Em's writing book, rips out some of the book's pages, and dumps it in the toilet all while laughing and mocking her. The mother may have died also in the book, I don't know.