Content: mental illness
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 | Brad Pitt Won't Leave Me Alone | hamann | Novel | Literary Fiction | 2 | n/a | Apr 23, 2008 |
Summary: Carol believes that after she began to write fan letters to Brad Pitt, that he began to communicate with her through his films. Carol is a mentally unbalanced, child-like hoot of a character with a number of delusions. She believes she is a femme fatale and a competent therapist. She has one pathetic client.
Just once in her life, Carol gains an opportunity for getting a grip on herself and achieving an acceptable position in society. She is hired as a child psychologist by Dreams Come True, a for-profit version of the Make a Wish Foundation.
Carol makes up a client and wangles a meeting with Brad Pitt. It doesn’t go well and true to the title, Carol tries to take out a restraining order. Carol’s encounter with success doesn’t last. Her attempt to fulfill a secret wish of a child client leads to the loss of her one adult client and her final loss of reality.
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