Lochan is a stellar student however, he struggles making friends. How do their differences complement each other? What bonds them together?Ĥ. Characterize “Mum.” Is she a realistic character? Why or why not? Support your response with evidence from the story.ģ. What are their initial feelings toward their mother? Toward Lochan and Maya?Ģ. How did you manage the situation? What feelings did the added responsibility evoke and why? What would you do differently? What would you do the same?ġ.
Discuss a time in which you had to take on a task or role unexpectedly that someone else was unable to handle. We all must one day assume responsibility for our own lives however, often we confront situations in which we must take on someone else’s responsibility. As the two deal with the stress and fear of raising three younger siblings and keeping their mother’s absence secret, they are drawn closer and closer together and realize the love they feel for each other bars social acceptance and is illegal. Fearing social services could intervene and separate them, Lochan and Maya cover for their mother’s absence. Lochan, however, is the strong one at home. Aware of her brother’s anxiety, Maya is protective and rushes to his side when he has anxiety attacks. Lochan, the eldest, is an exceptional student with high expectations but experiences social anxiety, which prevents him from making friends. When their mother moves out and takes up primary residence with her boyfriend, Lochan and Maya are left to raise their younger siblings alone. Lochan and Maya live with an alcoholic mother and three younger siblings. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: A love this devastating has no happy ending. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right.
They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. And the stress of their lives-and the way they understand each other so completely-has also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. As de facto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Perfect for readers who enjoyed Flowers in the Attic, this is a heartbreaking and shocking novel about siblings Lochan and Maya, their tumultuous home life, and the clandestine, and taboo, relationship they form to get through it.
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