It was like Hayley was haunted. Followed by her past and superstitions. That was why it was so relieving as she leaned off the edge: almost falling. Until someone pulled her back. She didn't even realize she was leaning forward. That was what made the quarry so special. Because every time that Hayley was near the quarry she felt as though it was sucking her in. She didn't fall before. But I let her fall, because this time she would be free of everything. "Everything was blurred with white. The wind blew, pulling and pushing and spilling out their insides and making it their outsides. The snow underneath her cracked, crumbled, and then everything disappeared." Based off the best seller 'The Impossible Knife Of Memory.'

Marie wanted to be as good as her mother wanted. Since her older brother was diagnosed with autism, she is considered the family's "normal" child. She thus feels she must be perfect in every way, which soon turns out to be a haunting task. Desperate for love and to make sense of her mother's contradictory behaviors and spiritual changes (from her mother's infidelities and alcoholism to a strict religious cult, and back again), Marie starts a friendship with a make belief friend, Ana. Ana is beautiful, loving, all-knowing and lives in an older version of Marie's house. Ana is the best friend one could hope for...that is until she encourages you to pursue a life threatening path. A book loosely based on my life: my relationship with my mother, my father, my autistic brother and my sister; my life in a cult; and my battle with anorexia. Nevertheless, this book is a work of fiction (imaginary friend, haunted house, mystical creatures, paranormal, etc).