Summary Of Still Life With Tornado By A. S. King

Still Life with Tornado by A.S King uncovers the real truth of what it's like to live in a house of parental abuse.The slowly rising plot has complex ideas on what reality and a fantasy world really is. The story continues the message slowly reveals itself. King tells the story from a 16 year old girls point of view who claims to be going through a existential crisis. Sarah, the small town philadelphia girl has ran into some problems at school and would rather not go.Instead she wanders the streets following a homeless guy trying to figure herself out.As progresses she realizes how much of a mess her parents marriage really is.She has recurring run ins with her younger and older self that fill her in on all the things she has forgotten about which makes her realize how blinded she's been to all the problems she has at home.
I guess you could say that King did a great job of putting himself into the shoes of a small town high schooler.Although what makes this book interesting are the small slices of pages that really put your perception of reality to the test. One after the other Sarah meets with her older or younger self at random point in public that help fill sarah and the reader in with flashbacks of her trip to mexico.Another thing that helped brighten up the plot and helped portray the message was sarah's mom's diary entries.These entries really help show that something is wrong with sarah and that her marriage is just a