Audrey Orenstein answers “What was missing in Vanessa's childhood...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about My Dark Vanessa:

What was missing in Vanessa's childhood that made her such easy pickings? I kept waiting for some psychological explanation from her therapist. Vanessa was an only child and, except for a mother who was annoyingly intrusive and sometimes critical, there was no abuse, nothing to make her crave such intense "adoration," no explanation for her being so easily manipulated.

Audrey Orenstein Strane saw her as new the school, unfriended, and someone who we respond well to attention. As an only child, and as (her mother makes note of) not pa…moreStrane saw her as new the school, unfriended, and someone who we respond well to attention. As an only child, and as (her mother makes note of) not particularly social, she will respond easily to any social attention.(less)

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