She never really understood the meaning of love. Nor the meaning of sex. Is it all the same to show how affectionate you are about someone or just a way of receiving pleasure. Don't tell me that you know what love is when you never had a broken heart. "So why don't you cry," they all ask her? She tells herself that crying is a way of showing weakness Something she will never tolerate Alice must stand her ground in order to become the young woman she desires to be