Download or read book The Trouble with Marlene written by Billie Livingston and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you act like Marlene, you end up like Marlene — messed up, lonely and broke. No wonder Samantha rejects her mother’s lifestyle. In THE TROUBLE WITH MARLENE, mother and daughter share one thing — thoughts of suicide. Marlene never stops talking about it, but for Samantha, it’s a private affair. There’s one other private thought for Samantha: putting a pillow over her mother’s face and bringing the madness to an end. How far is she prepared to take her fantasy?