Mental illness is a condition which has far-reaching consequences for more than just the victim.
In this book Ruby may be the victim but she causes many consequences for Bri, Mick, Aunty Joan and even the Fish and Chip shop owner Joseph.
Starting off by stating the reasons how Ruby’s illness has effected Bri.
Bri is incredibly shy and doesn’t have many friends this is Bri’s way of keeping quiet about his mother.
The one friend that Bri does bring home Ruby has one of her breakdowns and attacks Liam, Liam then retaliates to Bri which causes a fight.
Bri loses sleep over stressing for his mother when really he should be stressing about ‘normal’ teenage problems; such as girl problems, school, and work.
Bri is constantly getting