I enjoyed this book and think that a lot of teens will like it as well. But you see, even though I made this notation, I am not quite sure why?) Rogers believed that we must emerge ourselves into the schizophrenic reality to communicate with them, rather than try to force them into our reality. He devised the notion of person-centered therapy and was best known for his work with schizophrenics. I wrote something along the lines of follow up with Rogers (Carl Rogers, a brilliant theorist and therapist back in the 60’s I wanna say. I’m looking over the notes that I made about this novel and I’m not quite sure where I was going with it. I don’t think that I’m a very big fan of time travel novels, although I guess the concept of realities all existing simultaneously is similar in fashion. What drew me into this book was the notion of alternate universes. Maybe he can help her find the one where her brother is still alive. Plus, he seems to be the only one who has memories of his own alternate realities. Kathleen doesn’t know where he came from but instantly feels a connection. The only thing that each of the realities have in common is a boy named Luke, whose first interaction with Kathleen is at Nick’s funeral. Jen is still Kathleen’s best friend, and life moves on. Kathleen is still stranded at the party and Nick is still dead, but instead of her mother drinking she has been throwing herself in to community efforts to help prevent drunk driving and various other causes. Kathleen’s mother begins to drink while her father pretends as though nothing is wrong. Kathleen blames herself and in her moment of anger and blame isolates herself from Jen and anyone else once close to her. Nick is involved in a devastating car accident that takes his life. The weather conditions are fierce – snow settling on the icy roads. Stranded at a party because everyone, including her best friend Jen, is drunk, Kathleen calls her brother to pick her up. “We’re like ghost, possessing our own bodies for a time and moving on.” (92) Is that why I have two sets of memories? The memories I carry with me when I shift, and the memories of the body I’ve shifted into?” “Okay, let’s say you’re right,” I say, “We’re shifting between multiple copies of ourselves.
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