Oh my GOD, and the mom had that horrid aunt friend who kept nagging at Deenie not to ‘waste her face’! So appalling, especially when I reread it as an adult. It was so cathartic when Deenie and her sister both started fighting back and saying they’d both had enough.
and Kristy starts to sound like a teacher, so she gets really anxious and touchy about not knowing the answers to questions :( Oh, I didn’t even think of that! Come to think of it, she always got the books where, one way or another, her trust in adults gets tainted. :( The cheating book, the racism one, and the one where the kids are being abused, just to name a few.
Janine gets encouraged to be really into academics, but when it comes to Claudia they're like "um...". That makes a lot of sense. I think after Mimi died, Janine stepped up as the member of the family who always encouraged Claudia’s talents. I was reading bits of Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO, and John (is that his name? I forget) and Rioko have their usual “um…” reaction to the radio job, while Janine...gets out the drinks to celebrate. : )
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and Kristy starts to sound like a teacher, so she gets really anxious and touchy about not knowing the answers to questions :(
Oh, I didn’t even think of that! Come to think of it, she always got the books where, one way or another, her trust in adults gets tainted. :( The cheating book, the racism one, and the one where the kids are being abused, just to name a few.
Janine gets encouraged to be really into academics, but when it comes to Claudia they're like "um...".
That makes a lot of sense. I think after Mimi died, Janine stepped up as the member of the family who always encouraged Claudia’s talents. I was reading bits of Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO, and John (is that his name? I forget) and Rioko have their usual “um…” reaction to the radio job, while Janine...gets out the drinks to celebrate. : )