![]() ![]() Maybe that fear- that I never really knew him at all- was stronger than anything else.” Or that I imagined it all, conjured up some twin sense because I felt us slipping away, the him and me I’ve always known and counted on. In between passes and dribbles, I find myself watching him, looking for signs that he’s not that lying boy from our family meeting earlier. My twin who would never hurt me, whom I could never imagine hurting anyone. “Because here, under the empty sky, he is just my brother. And in the midst of it all, things have gotten complicated in Mara’s recent breakup with her girlfriend/best friend. Coloring matters further is the fact that Mara herself is a survivor of sexual assault, though she’s not yet told anyone about the incident. ![]() But so is the thought of his girlfriend, a close friend of Mara’s, lying about something so serious. This puts Mara in a particularly difficult situation, as her family expects her to believe and support Owen the thought of him committing an act of violence is incongruous. She and her brother Owen and their friends are seniors in high school when the unthinkable happens: Owen’s girlfriend accuses him of rape. ![]() In Girl Made of Stars, we follow Mara, one half of a set of twins. ![]()
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