Dear Angela,

Thank you so much for all of your encouraging support;. I am so excited, I can't wait for November to get here. Here is the sample I promised you, and let me thank you in advance for your honest feedback.

My whole body ached as I raised myself out of bed;. I looked anxiously around, pushing through blocks of dizziness;. I saw nothing,; this didn't comfort me. The best I can do for myself is keep to my routine;. tTurning on the shower, I carefully undressed and washed every part of my body, doing my best not to disturb anything further;. What a collection of bruises I supported; fear moved through me like a subway train, stopping here to look upon a bruise, there to inspect a massive rupture of capillaries forming around my hip, and moving on to a swollen knee. Everything below my neck made me noxioauseated and really scared to be with myself. Not completely drying off, I put on the white frilly top and turquoise maxi skirt I'd laid out yesterday, and looked myself over in the mirror. Could that be me? I don't recognize my own gaze inside the square of glass;. I seem so hollow;, and yet, it is me. Today is far too important to let anything get in the way of the image I need to present. I tell myself to,: "jJust hide everything,. I'll deal with it later." And although I am screaming inside, I do as I am told.

　

Emeline wants freedom, her own life to live with or without the mistakes that make us who we are. hHer strict, friendless upbringing never allowed her to express her unusual desires or the need to be her own mistress. Three years after graduating from high school, Emeline finally escapes her family and starts to piece together a life worth living when the clock breaks beneath her. Emeline is forced to continue making the life she wanted, trapped in the prison trauma created for her. Lost gGirls takes us into the quantum state of trauma: to live always trapped in the moment trauma entered your soul and yet continue to live in the moment where you are now.

I hope you have a good weekend and can relieve my suspense by getting back to me soon.

Sincerely,
Marcia-Lana