Trash is the story by a man who gets romantically involved with the girl next door, a lovely and beautiful single mother. The first period of their relationship is great, but by the time Mark really starts loving her, Rachel turns out to be an alcoholic. Mark decides to help her, but misses the indications of far bigger trouble. While fighting Rachel’s alcoholism, for both the sake of Rachel and her baby, Mark slowly gets stuck in a web of borderline personality disorder. Lies, treason, shoplifting, obsession, drugs, sexual perversity and shady people soon become part of their daily life. When Mark finally realises that his world has become insane and that the child’s life is in danger, he is too far involved to withdraw. Finally, he jumps off, only learning that a borderline doesn’t take no for an answer..
Trash is based on a true story. The author turned his experience with a borderline woman into an ironical, dark novel. One moment a comical tragedy, the other moment a tragical comedy, narrating in a very confrontating manner how a caring mother is capable of destroying both herself and her infant.
‘How’s that you only have one fragrance of shower gel in your bathroom?’, she barked at me while entering my living, wearing my bathrobe, head bowed, rubbing her hair with my towel. ‘My ex used to have a whole collection. Real men have a choise of fragrances in their shower.’
Real men wash their body with bleach. Except for their dick, that they leave for the girl next door to suck until it’s shiny and clean. It was on the tip of my tongue. Why didn’t I have the guts to just say it?