![]() ![]() It’s not long before it becomes apparent that something is wrong- her mother is trying to fit as much time in with her daughter as she can, before she’s no longer around to do it. Liv’s mum seems to be tired all the time, and, looking back at some of the photos she has taken, Liv can see that her mother’s weight has dropped dramatically. ![]() ![]() But there’s a downside to all this positive bonding. She gives Liv her old diaries from when she was a teenager (to demonstrate that most young kids experience the same things in life), and takes her on shopping trips, buying her clothes that she can grow into. Liv’s mum suddenly begins to show her things that she considers important (life lessons, if you will) - like how to make spaghetti Bolognese, and how to put on makeup properly. When her mum thwarts her plans to get her ears done, and embarrasses her in front of everyone, Liv is furious- how could her mother be so uncool? But then, in a complete turn-around from her usual behaviour, Liv’s mum offers a compromise. ![]() All minor things, it would seem, but very important to a pre-teen girl who just wants her peers to see her as the cool girl she knows she can be. All she wants in life is to get her ears pierced (like practically everyone else in her year level at school), for her parents to stop treating her like a child, and for cute Ben to notice her and ask her out. Olivia Ellis is your average eleven-year-old girl. ![]()
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