What one
starts to see increasingly as the memoir/book goes on, is Kris’ growing hatred
towards her father. At least before, she
felt some sort of mix towards him, a mix of love and hate. Yet, she seems to realize how badly he treats
her mother, and what he has done to the family.
I believe she still loves her mother because she feels sorry for her,
and because she always tried to be the best mother, she could be at least. Kris always seems to be at her mother’s side
when she needs her. Even when at school,
she will drive home; she lives at home during the summer, and then transfers to
be even closer. She speaks of her
knowledge of her father’s unavoidable demise.
So many accidents and so much alcohol, one has to be his last time, and
soon.
Kris
finally meets a guy worth keeping in her life; he treats her with respect and
loves her. Mark knows about her family
and accepts her how she is; he believes in her.
Of course, just when Kris’ life seems to have a somewhat bright future,
she loses the one person she truly loves and that truly loves her; Mark. It does not seem fair at all that Kris, who
is such a strong woman with a bright future.
Who has been through so much and deserves the best, loses all she really
has.
This book
becomes more depressing by the minute, with the memoir, and I am still waiting
to see how Kris’ memoir links to the Rocky Flats story. Other than the obvious, because she lives
there and because Mark would go to the protest rallies.
I agree with you that this memoir is getting more depressed by the page. I find it hard to read the chapter all at once because there is so many depressing areas of the book.
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