Kendras emotion turmoil is so believableher frustration at not being able to remember her abuser vs. Every character in Scars is as real as I would imagine them to be. The adults in Scars run the gamut from distance to understanding to love from judgmental to non-judgmental. No one can predict how he or she will react being a victim of sexual abuse or the parent of an abused child. To make matters worse, Kendra has fallen for Meghan, a girl with a myriad of problems of her own. Yet through her therapy sessions she still has not been able to discover the identity of her abuser. The only person Kendra feels comfortable talking to is her therapist, Carolyn, who listens and is not judgmental. Her father shows her more love and does listen, but he cannot be an outlet for her. Her mother has always been critical of Kendra and her art. Her drawings evoke the sharp emotions she is experiencing. To ease the extreme emotional pain, Kendra, a talented artist, draws. He is now stalking her as well, occasionally dropping off little "presents." She does remember him telling her that he will kill her if she ever tells what happened. Kendra is a victim of sexual abuse but she has repressed her memory of her abuser. The fact that author Cheryl Rainfield is a former cutter and an abuse survivor makes Scars even more chilling than it would have been otherwise.
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