Friday, November 29, 2019

Where the Watermelons Grow

This story's content was a bit mature, in that it deals with mental illness, specifically schitzophrenia.  Della's mom suffers from it and Della finds it very difficult to understand how her mom can be fine one day, and not fine another.  Della starts to believe it is is her fault, and she goes about trying to help fix everything so her mom can get better and things can get back to normal.  When that doesn't work, she goes to the local bee lady, whose honey has performed miracles, hoping for her own miracle.  I liked how the author treats mental illness, and how Della learns how to love her mother no matter what.  (FIC BAL)

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