In a world where perception often eclipses reality, ‘Dissemblance’ invites you to unravel the tangled web of a family forever altered by the echoes of past events. Set more than a decade after the tumultuous events chronicled in ‘Semblance of Storms’ and ‘Re-Semblance,’ this poignant narrative unfolds through the eyes of Milly, a young girl at that time whose innocence was shattered by the tumult surrounding her.
Now a voice that demands to be heard, Milly reflects on the events affecting her family, a complex tapestry interwoven with mental illness, the glittering allure of celebrity, and the omnipresent influence of AI and social media. Her tale is not just a recounting of events; it’s a deeply personal exploration of how trust is forged in the shadow of turmoil and how love can bind and sexuality be challenged. Every memory is a potential threat to her own stability.
As Milly navigates the intricacies of her family’s legacy, readers will experience the raw emotional depths of resilience, the fragility of human connection, and the persistent question of identity in an increasingly performative world. With every turn of the page, ‘Dissemblance’ challenges us to confront our own perceptions and to discover what it truly means to be a part of a family, however it is constructed.
Join Milly on a journey of haunting memories and hopeful revelations as she unearths the power of vulnerability in a landscape where trust is hard to find and many seek to harm. Will she find the strength to face her past and redefine her present, or will the dissemblances of life continue to shape her path?
Genre: FICTION / GeneralThe third part of the Semblance series. Out in kindle, paperback and audio formats in English
All the names and most places are aliases. I know Hayley and Mom both went through this in the last account. Campbell was also part of that alongside him. A four-person point of view narrative. A not unusual creative tactic. The first account was all him, as a single person, point of view. I’ll stick with some of the naming and location conventions that were used before. It’ll save some confusion for those readers. You’ll have to make up your own minds about who is real or where events actually took place.
Is this the definitive account? Hardly; I was too young to properly understand the incidents in the first two accounts. I’m still too young to have the wisdom of perspective. Perhaps this writing will help because my memories are as fallible as any. That’s not helped by my condition. We’ll get to that.
There have also been many, many arguments over the years about those accounts, and now I’m sure there will be more about this one. Disagreements with Mom, Hayley, and him. First statement: I’m not going to comply with the missing name thing that ran through the previous two accounts from years ago. Some of those events I remember, but most I don’t, or I wasn’t there to recall. I was a young child. It’s all very confusing.
Names first, then. Yes, these are still false to mask our real identities, but the ridiculousness of the previous accounts with some names and locations provided and others ignored or avoided was just a silly, boring overcomplexity. He, my half-brother, won’t like it. He made a big deal about it. Tough. Don’t interrupt! They are all watching and reading.
Me first.
I’m Milly Kathrine Warring. Just plain Milly, not Millicent or some other extension. I’m twenty; I’ll be twenty-one later this college year. More about me when I can be bothered to add it. That’s some of the harder bits.
