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Are You Alone on Purpose?

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Are You Alone on Purpose? is a 1994 young adult novel by Nancy Werlin.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Fourteen-year-old Alison Shandling has always hated Harry Roth, a cruel bully who makes fun of her and her autistic twin brother Adam. But a few weeks before the start of high school, Harry breaks his back in a diving accident, leaving him paraplegic. While Harry is recovering, Harry's father, Rabbi Roth, starts tutoring Adam in Hebrew, meaning Alison has to spend an hour at the Roth house every week to make sure Adam stays calm. Alison starts to get to know Harry, and the two eventually form a friendship, then romance.
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Awkward Father-Son Bonding Activity: Rabbi Roth insists on playing Scrabble with Harry during Sabbath, and attempts to make awkward conversation about Adam and Alison until Harry gets bored and flips the board.
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Freudian Excuse: Harry's cruel behavior is explained as being due to his mother's death the day before his eleventh birthday and his father's distant behavior.
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Interrupted Intimacy: Alison and Harry are having their First Kiss when Rabbi Roth walks in on them. After Alison leaves, Rabbi Roth spends the next day avoiding the subject, until after Adam's bar mitzvah, when Harry confronts him about his lack of interest in his life.
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A-Cup Angst: At the beginning of the book, Alison feels inadequate next to her best friend Paulina de Silva, who is developing a lot faster than she is. Alison catches up by the end of the book.
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Food Slap: Alison flings soda in Harry's face after he insults Adam to her during lunch.
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