Still Balancing at the Edge of My Mind

CRIME YOUNG ADULT MYSTERY RELIGIOUS MELODRAMA ADVENTURE CHILDREN'S DRAMA FAMILY MEMOIR BIOGRAPHICAL ADVENTURE BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA FAMILY RELIGIOUS YOUNG ADULT MYSTERY
1960s & '70s
Jonell Restivo
Logline
Trapped IN A WORLD I NEVER MADE, HOW I SURVIVED DECADES OF BETRAYAL, ABANDONMENT ABUSE AND LOSS....
Genre
Crime, Young Adult, Mystery, Religious, Melodrama, Adventure, Children's, Drama, Family, Memoir, Biographical,,Adventure,Biographical,Drama,Family,Religious,Young Adult,Mystery
Short Summary
Mother a hard core Beatnik, painted on the sidewalks in Greenwich Village. My father would pack the car taking me to my dream world of creatives. Mother became pregnant, abortion was seriously considered. In the delivery room the head nurse was paid to forge a certificate making me 1 year older.
Parents joins a religious cult, disowning me for leaving. I spent my entire life alone grieving.
Setting
Born on Staten Island, lived in Manhattan NYC, moved to the Bronx NY
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Internal Journey/Rebirth,,Rebellion Against 'The One',Tragedy
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age,,Philosophical Questions,Twist
Mature Audience Themes
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Main Character Details
Name: Joan, Jonell Restivo, creative brilliant and telepathic.
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Extraordinary Powers and Abilities, Funny, Secretive, Honorable, Leader, Blunt, Complex, Confident, Decisive, Engaging, Adventurous, Empathetic, Visionary, Flexible, Crazy, Perseverance, Skillful, Outspoken, Aspiring, Beautiful, Charming, Desperate, Gracious,Adventurous,Aspiring,Charming,Complex,Confident,Crazy,Desperate,Engaging,Gracious,Insecure,Underdog,Outspoken,Skillful,Funny,Visionary,Secretive,Lone Wolf,Unapologetic,Sophisticated,Leader
Additional Character Details
Name: Mother, Jean
Age: 30s
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Complex, Crazy, Desperate, Manipulative, Religious, Secretive, Unapologetic, Villainous,Crazy,Greedy,Religious,Power Hungry,Secretive,Manipulative,Unapologetic,Desperate,Villainous,Outspoken,Blunt
Additional Character Details
Name: Father, John
Age: 30s
Gender: Male
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Insecure,Obedient,Religious,Secretive
Additional Character Details
Name: Sister, Jean
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Role: emotional
Key Traits: Obedient
Development Pitch
I see this book as a period piece film. Set in the Bronx around a huge Roman Catholic Sicilian speaking Italian family. Its the early 1950s, abortion was not morally acceptable, illegal and dangerous. Out of time, options and desperate, a deliberate selfish scheme was concocted without ever taking the child's interest and its ramifications into consideration. With a stolen and permanently altered future, while she took her first fighting breath, like a thief in the night robbing her, violating her, at every level for decades.