Joy Stone searches for meaning and identity in the face of mental illness. Other characters are seen through Joy’s eyes and in relation to how they support, fail to support or take advantage of her.
As a result of her depression, Joy has lost all sense of identity.
I don’t know what I’m doing any more. I look in the mirror and see nothing I recognise.
She feels increasingly disconnected and alienated from other people and is uncertain about her place in the world around her. Joy tries and fails to define herself through several means:
