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#The tracey fragments series#
There's an unspeakable series of horrors in Tracey's life, and they're revealed through subtle facts beneath the fantasy in Tracey's world. Tracey's travelling around naked under an old shower curtain, searching for Sonny, her mentally disabled little brother. Both a chilling portrait of Canada's broken mental health system, and growing up in general, the book is told in literal fragments from the point of view of somewhat unreliable narrator Tracey Berkowitz, the black sheep of her suburban family. Tracey's travelling aro * Updated to remove Elliot Page's deadname from my review.Īlso adapted into an early 2000's film starring Elliot Page, Julian Richings and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, The Tracey Fragments is a difficult book to get used to, but a good one. Also adapted into an early 2000's film starring Elliot Page, Julian Richings and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, The Tracey Fragments is a difficult book to get used to, but a good one. * Updated to remove Elliot Page's deadname from my review. And it feels like someone’s cut you open with a jagged piece of glass.”.
#The tracey fragments skin#
And he burns holes in your skin with his mouth. There were a few passages scattered throughout the book that I found to be quite beautiful. You never really know which pieces are true and which ones are only imagined. She's riding on a bus and telling her story through flashbacks, but these flashbacks are like a puzzle. Tracey is a lonely girl who manipulates the truth.
#The tracey fragments movie#
I watched the movie first and I believe that helped me to better understand what was going on. There were a few passages scattered throughout the b I believe that Medved wanted to place the reader directly inside of Tracey's mind, which is a crazy and confusing place.


I believe that Medved wanted to place the reader directly inside of Tracey's mind, which is a crazy and confusing place. Many thanks to my friend Thomas for reading this book with me.more This is an unflinching look of a girl on the edge, with nowhere to land. Gradually, the pieces of Tracey's psyche form a coherent chain of events. There is no protection for Tracey, yet she seeks solace as her journey takes her through the netherworld of the city to the isolation of the suburbs. She is searching for her little brother during a blizzard, and her thoughts flurry in windswept directions. Many thanks to my friend Thomas for readin This is the story of a young girl trapped in a storm. This is the story of a young girl trapped in a storm. At the Berlin Film Festival in early 2007, the motion picture won the Manfred Salzgeber Prize for an innovative film that broadens the boundaries of cinema.more Maureen Medved adapted her novel into a film screenplay that was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce McDonald.
#The tracey fragments full#
The Tracey Fragments is a raw, moving account that immerses the reader into the labyrinth of a troubled, adolescent psyche, full of twists and turns, fear and uncertainty, trust and betrayal. Tracey's stories begin to twist and intertwine truth with lies, absorbing the reader into the games and delusions she uses to escape her despair. The Tracey Fragments is a raw, moving account tha Naked under a tattered shower curtain, fifteen-year old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting in the back of a bus for two days, looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he is a dog. Naked under a tattered shower curtain, fifteen-year old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting in the back of a bus for two days, looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he is a dog.
