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What was Leilah struggling with?
Cass Cass Nov 16, 2022 05:43AM
As someone who struggles with loose ends in books, I was still wondering what Leilah's diagnosis was. Using context clues I could put together there were underlying issues or possible mental illness, but I didn't feel right assuming anything without it being stated.



She didnt have one did she, it references that she had never been to a Doctor towards the end and is one of the things Aleisha is really pleased about when she says she needs to see one in the final chapters. She is one of the many many people who's family just manage the struggle. I liked that the mental illness was the backdrop rather than the focus through much of it


I wondered the same thing. I thought that she couldn't cope with her husband leaving her for another woman, but due to the fact that he had more than one child with the other woman, he didn't leave yesterday. She might have been sad over that, but I think she should have gotten over it. Maybe he left because she was mentally ill and he couldn't cope with it, but it was irresponsible for him to leave two children to cope with her mental illness.


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