Editing Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden (section)

== Character Analysis ==
Debbie Mullen is presented as a complex antihero—a woman whose empathy for others and desire to help have made her an excellent advice columnist, yet whose experiences have made her capable of cruelty and manipulation. Her characterization subverts traditional notions of the nurturing mother and wise counselor. Rather than being passive in the face of mistreatment, she becomes an active agent of her own narrative, though readers must constantly question the morality of her actions.