Mother Loves Me Av Abby Davies

Mirabelle’s mother loves her. She’s her ‘little doll’. Mother dressesher, paints her face, and plaits her hair.But as Mirabelle grows, the dressesno longer fit quite as well, the face paint no longer looks quite so pretty. And Mother isn’t happy. On Mirabelle’s 13th birthday, Mother arrives home witha present – a new sister, 5-year-old Clarabelle, who Mother has rescued fromthe outside world.As it dawns on Mirabelle that there is a new ‘little doll’in her house, she also realises that her life isn’t what she thought it was. And that dolls often end up on the scrap heap…