Losing the Dollhouse

When nineteen-year-old Jane finally works up the nerve to expose the truth about her stepfather’s sexual advances, her mother is outraged. But not at the stepfather. Her mother takes his side—a betrayal that threatens to destroy the family and leaves Jane struggling to forge her own identity as she enters adulthood. Once marriage is on the table, Jane packs up her life and resolves to stare her demons down. Losing the Dollhouse offers a slice of dysfunctional Americana complete with divorce, stepfamilies, eating disorders, mental illness and the search for true love.

S. Jane Gari lives in Elgin, South Carolina with her husband and daughter. She has also co-written Flush This Book, a collection of humorous essays. Without a good laugh now and then, we'd all need to be institutionalized.