(Late to the party due to life interference and going to answer all of these at some point, but starting with this one.)
How does this book handle family?
So many different ways. I love the whole thread of found family running through the book.
Family of origin is a complicated thing. Roza missing her grandmother. For Finn and Sean's mom, family is something to escape. For Sean, it's an obligation.
I also loved that it got at the whole feel of a small town as a family of sorts, where people look after each other and out for each other and are constantly judging each other and in each other's business, outsiders may or may not be taken in and welcomed, folks have long memories and once you've been assigned a role in the life of the town, it's a difficult one to change.
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How does this book handle family?
So many different ways. I love the whole thread of found family running through the book.
Family of origin is a complicated thing. Roza missing her grandmother. For Finn and Sean's mom, family is something to escape. For Sean, it's an obligation.
I also loved that it got at the whole feel of a small town as a family of sorts, where people look after each other and out for each other and are constantly judging each other and in each other's business, outsiders may or may not be taken in and welcomed, folks have long memories and once you've been assigned a role in the life of the town, it's a difficult one to change.