Perfect Likeness
J.M. Phillippe
- Perfection
- can
- haunt
- you...Yesterday,
- quick-witted
- Ally
- Smart
- saved
- the
- US
- government
- from
- a
- crippling
- computer
- virus.
- Today,
- she’s
- enjoying
- the
- sexy
- tension-filled
- life
- of
- a
- gorgeous
- jewel
- thief.
- Tomorrow
- she
- might
- go
- rock-climbing
- in
- the
- Alps,
- wind
- surfing
- in
- the
- Bahamas,
- or
- maybe
- save
- the
- world
- from
- taffeta-wearing
- aliens.
- Life
- is
- never
- boring
- for
- the
- 24-year-old
- office
- worker—in
- her
- dreams.
- In
- real
- life,
- Ally
- has
- to
- deal
- with
- the
- clumsiness
- of
- her
- size-16
- body,
- the
- good
- intentions
- of
- her
- over-achiever
- best-friend,
- and
- the
- condescending
- attitude
- of
- her
- too-cool
- little
- sister.Ally
- strives
- for
- the
- kind
- of
- unachievable-perfection
- she
- has
- in
- her
- fantasies:
- amazing
- body,
- clever
- come-backs,
- and
- passionate
- romances.
- But
- when
- the
- fantasized
- version
- of
- herself
- shows
- up
- in
- her
- bathroom
- mirror,
- calling
- herself
- Allison
- (with
- an
- i
- because
- she
- says
- it’s
- prettier),
- Ally
- discovers
- how
- cruel
- perfection
- can
- be.
- The
- ghost-like
- apparition
- at
- first
- appears
- only
- as
- a
- degrading
- Jiminy-Cricket;
- she
- picks
- on
- Ally’s
- faults
- and
- haunts
- her
- mirrors.
- But
- Allison’s
- power
- quickly
- grows;
- she
- leaves
- the
- mirrors,
- turns
- Ally’s
- day-dream
- into
- a
- trip
- to
- soft-porn
- land
- and
- her
- work-out
- into
- a
- Broadway
- musical.
- The
- fantasy
- girl
- wants
- to
- become
- real,
- and
- when
- perfection
- walks
- the
- streets
- of
- Ally’s
- small
- LA-suburb
- hometown,
- the
- resulting
- ripple
- effect
- damages
- the
- lives
- of
- everyone
- Ally
- loves.In
- order
- to
- save
- her
- friends
- (and
- stop
- her
- own
- descent
- into
- a
- fantasy
- life
- no
- real
- person
- could
- survive)
- Ally
- must
- find
- the
- courage
- to
- overcome
- perfection
- and
- accept
- herself
- the
- way
- she is.
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