SuitabookIdentity and confidence
Holly wears a blonde wig and adopts the name Solace, feeling more confident as this persona.
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Siobhan Dowd - Author
This is a story about a young person who feels unhappy in foster care and uses a new identity to imagine a more confident way of facing the world.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a story about a young person who feels unhappy in foster care and uses a new identity to imagine a more confident way of facing the world.
Holly wears a blonde wig and adopts the name Solace, feeling more confident as this persona.
Holly resents her foster family’s niceness and sympathy and hopes to find her mother.
Holly’s unhappiness, memories of her mother and wish to leave her foster home may bring up strong feelings for readers with related experiences. Consider checking in as you read.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.