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The novel has received mostly positive reviews. Rosemary also learns that her university has a secret that ties to her past, and as she learns more, she discovers a newfound connection with her family.

When Fern disappears one day, Lowell runs away from home in search of her. She lived with her sister Fern, brother Lowell, mother, and father who is professor of behavioral psychology at Indiana University Bloomington. Davis in her early twenties, reflects on her early life in Indiana. The novel won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was also short-listed for the 2014 Man Booker Prize. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is a 2013 novel by the American writer Karen Joy Fowler. Is she to blame for her irrevocably fractured family?– Paula J.2013 novel by Karen Joy Fowler We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Teens will be instantly drawn to this sympathetic, witty heroine struggling under the weight of years of guilt. Based on actual experiments conducted in the 1970s, this novel provides a fascinating, unique window into behavioral psychology and the ethics of animal experimentation. While Fern picked up many of Rosemary’s mannerisms, their relationship was a two-way street that earned Rosemary the nickname “monkey girl” at school. Gradually, readers learn her secret: she was raised alongside a chimpanzee whom she knew as her sister. A boisterous new friend, Harlow, insinuates her way into Rosemary’s life, providing her with the companionship she’s been craving. Her beloved older brother blames her for Fern’s disappearance he, too, “disappeared” 10 years ago. Smart, introverted, and socially awkward, she has difficulty connecting with her peers. Rosemary is now a 22-year-old college student, deeply affected by the events of the past. This suspenseful coming-of-age novel begins in the middle. The family moved while she was away, and her sister, Fern, was given away. What horrible thing has she done to deserve this exile? But when her psychologist father takes her home, it’s not their sprawling farmhouse with trees outside the bedroom windows and a barn out back.

Adult/High School–After three weeks spent in Indianapolis with grandparents who do nothing but watch TV and serve her repellent scrambled eggs, five-year-old Rosemary has had enough.

Author of we are all completely beside ourselves