Essentia

When Lucy, age 5, informs her mother that she is an alien, Maya does what any sensible mother would do: She asks what kind.Maya is wholly unprepared for Lucy's response.Growing frustrated with her limited vocabulary, Lucy spends months studying a dictionary before telling her mother exactly how she is an alien.Impressed with Lucy's creativity, Maya records the elaborate story and puts it up on YouTube. She is both excited and perturbed when the video goes viral and her daughter becomes...
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When Lucy, age 5, informs her mother that she is an alien, Maya does what any sensible mother would do: She asks what kind.Maya is wholly unprepared for Lucy's response.Growing frustrated with her limited vocabulary, Lucy spends months studying a dictionary before telling her mother exactly how she is an alien.Impressed with Lucy's creativity, Maya records the elaborate story and puts it up on YouTube. She is both excited and perturbed when the video goes viral and her daughter becomes an Internet star.Essentia is the tale of a little girl's unshakable belief and a mother trying do what is best for her child in the face of mounting evidence that perhaps, just maybe, her daughter is telling the truth.