![]() ![]() Kayleigh also has feelings for Ian, but feels she cannot reciprocate due to both of her abuse and the control her father has of her. Kayleigh’s lifelong friend, Ian, makes no secret of his romantic feelings for her. Although Kayleigh never discloses it to Greta, she suspects Kayleigh’s history of abuse and offers to listen. She works at a nursing home after school and has a strong friendship with one of the residents, a woman named Greta. She doesn’t drink or use drugs at the beginning of the book. ![]() Judge Gardella began to sexually abuse Kayleigh at a young age, and this continues throughout the book. ![]() The twins became estranged from their paternal grandparents for reasons they don’t understand. Everything changed for the Gardella family after a car accident when the twins were still children. Under the veneer of an idyllic and wealthy family, the Gardella’s home life is full of turmoil. The protagonists of Identical are twin sisters Kayleigh and Reanne Gardella, the teenage daughters of both an esteemed judge, and a candidate for the U.S. Content warning for: Incest, rape, sexual abuse, self-harm, drug and alcohol use, suicide, eating disorder behaviors. ![]()
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