![]() ![]() Lois takes her comfort in the very activity that drives her husband’s cruel remarks she eats and eats to fill the void in her life. Terra has a veritable make-up shop in her room to help disguise her face for the times when she can’t swing her long hair over her face. Terra and her mom have both internalized the constant criticisms. Her mother Lois, likewise reviled by Terra’s father – in her case for having gained weight, keeps scheduling Terra for surgeries to try to fix her face, in part to placate the father. He is a cartographer, can’t tolerate imperfection, and tries to make his family fit into the rigid lines with which he has circumscribed his life. He also laughs at her art collages, undermining her confidence in something that means a great deal to her. ![]() Her father, an emotionally abusive man, has always scorned her for being ugly. ![]() Terra Cooper, 16, has a port-wine stain birthmark that pretty much covers the entire right side of her face. ![]()
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