Mercurial mothers and longing for stability

"With a mother as mercurial as mine I was constantly searching for absolutes...."
~ Always Watching by Chevy Stevens

Definition of mercurial: "characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood." 

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

"It made her feel very despondent 
to be a one-pocketed girl." 

 ~ Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

 Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science -- until she discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room.