![]() As the book progresses, those shifts breed a sense of disassociation with reality, an atmosphere intensified by name changes of main characters between, and even within, chapters. The chronology in “This Might Hurt” is porous, sliding between distant past, near past and the present. “Teacher” is assisted by eager devotees, whose discipline vacillates between firmness and threat. The center is run by an elusive woman known as “Teacher,” who retreat residents adore and constantly try to curry favor with. ![]() Tight control dominates the island culture, she quickly learns. ![]() In Maine, Natalie forces her way onto the private boat that ferries new arrivals to Wisewood. He presses his foot against her fingers on the dock ladder, forcing her into the wintry waters.Įven after the sisters grow up and leave home, “Sir” continues to instill shame and fear in them. In one, he forces the young Natalie to lower herself fully dressed into the frigid lake behind their house. They are compelled to call him “Sir.” He forces them to perform meaningless, demeaning tasks to accumulate points to earn privileges. ![]() “This Might Hurt” follows along as the sisters undertake to liberate themselves from the abuse and the binding, blinding shame their father bred in them, borne of his cruel, sociopathic narcissism. She departs immediately for the long drive to Maine. ![]()
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