{"id":3100,"date":"2018-10-08T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2018-10-09T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T14:03:01","slug":"episode-108-my-sweet-audrina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-108-my-sweet-audrina\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 108 – My Sweet Audrina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Out of the attic and into the rocking chair, we were joined by Sophie<\/a> of Two Bossy Dames<\/a> to read My Sweet Audrina<\/a><\/em> by V. C. Andrews. We were grudgingly impressed by how effectively Andrews gaslit us, the readers, because by the end of this book we had no idea which end was up anymore. Play this episode at your next tea party\/seance!<\/p>\n

Content warning:\u00a0<\/strong>This book and our discussion of it contains sexual assault, physical & emotional abuse of a child, ableism, gaslighting, miscarriage, and pretty much any other upsetting topic you could imagine.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>Episode #17 – Flowers in the Attic<\/a><\/p>\n

Prisms and Bon-Bons: (Re)Reading V.C. Andrews\u2019 My Sweet Audrina by Leila Roy<\/a><\/p>\n

A Review of the Worst Book in History by Erin Callahan<\/a><\/p>\n

Flowers in the Attic (The Appeal Thereof) by Sigrid Ellis<\/a><\/p>\n

Girl Catches Boyfriend Gaslighting Her Then Tricks Him Into Watching The Movie \u201cGaslight\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy Pairing:\u00a0<\/strong>Kait says a bowl full of marbles mistaken for jelly beans<\/a>, Renata says two-year-old birthday cake<\/a>, Sophie says prismatic rock candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong>Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Kira Breed-Wrisley\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Scott Cawthon<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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