Bit by by she reconstructs her daughter’s life, sifting through emails, text messages, Facebook postings and more in a bid to uncover why Amelia was on the roof that day. Despite little initial support from police and the school, Kate is determined to find out what really happened to Amelia. But when she receives an anonymous text saying “ Amelia didn’t jump” it confirms what she knows deep down: Amelia wouldn’t kill herself. Kate reluctantly accepts this information, though it doesn’t sit well with what she knows of her daughter.
And the horrific, unbelievable news that Amelia is dead, after jumping off the roof in an act of “spontaneous suicide”. At the school she is greeted by sirens wailing and ambulance lights blazing. Why would she cheat? With these questions in her mind, Kate puts work behind her and makes her way to the school, with unexpected delays giving her plenty of time to think. There must be a mistake Amelia is intelligent, high achieving and level-headed. It’s her daughter’s exclusive Brooklyn private school calling with disturbing information: her 15-year-old daughter Amelia has been suspended for cheating. The phone call comes during the meeting of Kate’s career. It’s a theme that appeals to me as a mother and a stepmother, particularly as Miss Attitude is moving towards her teenage years. Reconstructing Amelia explores the theme that parents don’t and can’t know everything there is to know about their child, especially teenagers – they’re very good at keeping secrets or selective sharing. Only what they choose to share … or what I find out. I don’t know everything that goes inside Bear and Monkey’s heads.
Most parents would say they know their children fairly well. How much would you tell your mother? How much would you tell your child?
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