Although a series of tragic events followed her divorce, she survived the rise and fall of life and eventually met her second husband John Hopkins, whom she married in 1985. She had two sons out of her first marriage, which did not last longer and she had to sell her video store business later. Afterwards, she set out to pursue journalism and enrolled herself in Crafton Hills College and UCSB.Ī twist of fate changed her career plan as she dropped out of college in order to get married and start a business.
In 1973, she earned her graduation from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School.
She was a keen student who had nothing but straight A’s all through high school. She received her education from a private school when she moved to Santa Ynez Valley. At the young age of nine, she published a Japanese styled poem titled Haiku in the Palm Springs Desert Sun. Encouraged by her teachers, she used to participate in every creative writing contest and won all of them. Her earlier works included poetry mostly but it was not until 1992 that she started writing professionally. 7), Raeanne (p.Hopkins began writing as soon as she learned its art. The novel explores the motives behind the actions of each main character, coming to a climax when Kaeleigh overdoses and loses her identity. Raeanne trades sex for drugs, purges, and takes many personal risks to fill the emptiness she feels inside. Raeanne is jealous of Kaeleigh, wishing Daddy would let her pleasure him.
Kaeleigh has trouble letting her boyfriend love her. Kaeleigh struggles to please everyone, but she cuts herself and binges. Their father is an alcoholic who abuses Ox圜ontin, and he uses Kaeleigh sexually to replace the love he doesn't get from his wife. Their mother is cold and distant, always out of town.
Following a terrible car accident when the twins were younger, their family fell apart. "Identical" chronicles the struggles of two high-school-aged twins, Raeanne and Kaeleigh.
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