Sunday, June 9, 2013

Sliding Into Home - Part 1

The first 3 chapters mostly just give some background knowledge and content about the author, Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett, to lay foundation to the rest of the book, and by chapter 4 you start to get a feel for the tempo of the book.

Chapter 1- A Tale of Two Kendras
This chapter is a flashback to her first night at the Playboy Mansion as a painted lady|cocktail server at Hug Hefner's 78th Birthday Bash, also being the smae night he asked her to be his girlfriend, changing her life forever.

Chapter 2- No Room For Daddy
Goes back to when she was 3 years old. This chapter begins the speed of the book, highlighting her past childhood, and adolecence, all the events that led to that life changing party.
To begin she goes into detail discussing the abandonment of her father and the strain it caused her family.
Noteable events include: her divorced maternal grandparents moving from New Jersey to San Diego to helpfill the gap her father left when he went away. Also a moment of meditation occured when her father left the final time when she was about 5, and her mother took Kendra and her younger brother Colin to the bay where Kendra found herself surrounded by ladybugs, and got so lost in their wonder that she forgot to be sad, and was overrun by peace and ease.
It was throught her elementary school years that she discovered her love of sports, specifically soccer and softball. It was also at age 7 that her rebellious spirit was born when an over informative babysitter informed Kendra and her friend loosly about sex, leading the two girls to attemp a child's version of what was shared in Kendra's closet.

Chapter 3- A Friend In Need
This chapter covers her last years of elementary school and segways into her transition to middle school. This chapter mostly covers her struggle to fit in and feel accepted, and her openness to befriend anyone. Such friends includeed edlerly individuals in her community, a little boy with cancer (whom passed away when Kendra was 8), and a little black girl which taught her a calued lesson in life when Kendra discovered that there were no black Barbie dolls for her to give to her friend for her birthday. She also learned to love others and treat them with respect, striving never to hurt anyone phhysically nor emotionally as she herself had been continually hurt by bullies. The end of the chapter she leaves elementary school setting up chapter four with her journey to middle school.

Chapter 4- A Perfect Misfit
It is here where a young girl's interest in maturity, and desire to be an adult leads her down an adventurous path.
Things started small with sneaking out of the house and drinking alcohol, to hanging out with highschool qand college aged teens and young adults leading her to sex, illegal drugs, skipping school, smoking, bringing alcohol to school and eventually getting expelled right before summer vacation.

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