

Abusive Parents: The kids' mother is shockingly neglectful, as well as financially abusive-not to mention emotionally and verbally abusive towards Lochan.The book contains examples of the following tropes: Told through sympathetic, Switching P.O.V. Working together to take care of the family and keep social workers away, they've become Living Emotional Crutches for each other, and grown close… very close… Willa (5, "sweet but still just a baby").Tiffin (8, "only interested in his DS and his soccer friends").

