Sonya

Sonya is the youngest daughter of Ranee and Brent. She has two older sisters, Marin and Trisha. It is no secret to Sonya that she was an unplanned, unwanted child. Her father likes to tell the story of how she was a mistake and that she should have been aborted. Sonya is born into a house of abuse, unlike her sisters, who can remember a time when Brent didn't hit them. Throughout the course of her childhood, she is referred to as "the stupid one" and is never expected to amount to anything. As a child, she is also overweight and deeply unhappy.

At Brent's command, Sonya attends Stanford University, a very prestigious school, though Brent continues to belittle her accomplishments and her intelligence. When she graduates, Sonya is supposed to go to law school, but instead announces that she wants to pursue photography. Brent says some hurtful...