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The premonition scene between Dannie and Aaron appears twice in the novel, differing only in Dannie’s knowledge and emotional state at the time it occurs. What does this parallel communicate to the reader about the novel’s message?
The novel opens with Dannie’s beliefs about rules and plans and a life that can be numerically quantified. What impression does this discussion give of Dannie, and how does the novel advance or complicate it?
How does the trauma of Dannie’s brother’s death shape her as a person? How do Bella’s diagnosis and death complicate Dannie’s relationship with loss?
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By Rebecca Serle