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In the Land of Dreams
Awards: Book of the Year 2024 Literary Award (Polish Section of IBBY)
Awards: - Year
- 2024
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 978-83-08-08500-4
Spending your holidays in the brilliance of the Californian sun and visiting iconic places known from the silver screen seems the fulfilment of almost every teenage girl’s dreams. But sixteen-year-old Matylda had totally different plans for her summer vacation and isn’t at all happy with the surprise trip her mother has laid on for her.
The American dream lays bare not just the illusions that the girl’s mother has lived by, but above all the bitter truth about the process of parentification that painfully sabotages childhood. The sensitive teenager tries to find herself and save herself in a world where fulfilling the dreams and needs of a parent entangled in alcoholic abuse results in her own loneliness and suffering. There is hope, however, in the form of supportive friends and help from an unexpected ally. In The Land of Dreams is a deeply moving story about growing up, responsibility and efforts to find one’s own path.
Gabriela Dul
