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What is the effect of Eleanor Shearer’s structuring the novel through parts?
How does Rachel’s approach to motherhood change throughout the novel? What moment or moments seem to inspire these shifts?
The natural world plays an important role in the novel. Why does Shearer emphasize nature in a text centered on familial fragmentation and reunion?
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