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The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer
5.0
The Perfect Daughter written by D.J. Palmer, narrated by January LaVoy & Dan Bittner
16-yo Penny is found confused, drenched in blood at the scene of her birth mother’s frenzied, brutal murder & holding the knife. She is the only suspect but she doesn’t remember a thing. But let’s backtrack…
Grace Francone and her family adopts a 4-yo girl who was abandoned at a local park. Grace welcomes her into the family with open arms and sees her no different from her biological sons. Now, Penny has been awaiting trial for the murder of her birth mother and has been institutionalized over the past 1.5 years. A few years back, she was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. The prosecution will claim she’s murderer who killed in cold blood., intentionally and planned. Grace believes in Penny’s diagnosis of DID and thinks it may be one of her other alters that committed the crime or that she may have not even committed it at all.
The story follows 3 POVs – Grace, her brother Jack & psychiatrist, Dr. McHugh who uses different techniques to draw out the alters such as tactile materials, smells, etc although he’s not entirely convinced she’s not just a psychopath who knows how to lie.
I really enjoyed learning about DID and the different alters that make up Penny. It is thought that DID is a type of defense system that happens after a traumatic event to a young child. The mind breaks up the personality to use it in different situations, at least in Penny’s case. She had an alter that was fierce, angry, defensive so this was who we saw in the psych ward. She had an alter that was a perfectionist, budding artist and another that was fun-loving, carefree and confident. But when one alter is out, the other one loses time – when they resurface they feel disoriented. But was there a 4th alter hiding that may have committed this murder?
D.J. Palmer writes a compelling, suspenseful domestic psych thriller and I thought the DID was well-researched and presented respectfully.
Thank you @anyplayfm for the audiobook as the narrators were talented especially January LaVoy who did Grace & Dr. McHugh's POVs. Thank you @netgalley @stmartinspress for the ARC!
16-yo Penny is found confused, drenched in blood at the scene of her birth mother’s frenzied, brutal murder & holding the knife. She is the only suspect but she doesn’t remember a thing. But let’s backtrack…
Grace Francone and her family adopts a 4-yo girl who was abandoned at a local park. Grace welcomes her into the family with open arms and sees her no different from her biological sons. Now, Penny has been awaiting trial for the murder of her birth mother and has been institutionalized over the past 1.5 years. A few years back, she was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. The prosecution will claim she’s murderer who killed in cold blood., intentionally and planned. Grace believes in Penny’s diagnosis of DID and thinks it may be one of her other alters that committed the crime or that she may have not even committed it at all.
The story follows 3 POVs – Grace, her brother Jack & psychiatrist, Dr. McHugh who uses different techniques to draw out the alters such as tactile materials, smells, etc although he’s not entirely convinced she’s not just a psychopath who knows how to lie.
I really enjoyed learning about DID and the different alters that make up Penny. It is thought that DID is a type of defense system that happens after a traumatic event to a young child. The mind breaks up the personality to use it in different situations, at least in Penny’s case. She had an alter that was fierce, angry, defensive so this was who we saw in the psych ward. She had an alter that was a perfectionist, budding artist and another that was fun-loving, carefree and confident. But when one alter is out, the other one loses time – when they resurface they feel disoriented. But was there a 4th alter hiding that may have committed this murder?
D.J. Palmer writes a compelling, suspenseful domestic psych thriller and I thought the DID was well-researched and presented respectfully.
Thank you @anyplayfm for the audiobook as the narrators were talented especially January LaVoy who did Grace & Dr. McHugh's POVs. Thank you @netgalley @stmartinspress for the ARC!