Questions About Things Don't Break on Their Own

by Sarah Easter Collins

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Did their father just disappear or is it implied that the mother and daughters killed him?

Marianne

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Near the beginning of the book Jamie says "Cat's probably fairly handy with a spear?" What does he mean by this?

Deborah Muller I took it to be a racist allusion. I think Cat and her brother Nate are Black and this was another racist, xenophobic, sexist, boorish comment in the …moreI took it to be a racist allusion. I think Cat and her brother Nate are Black and this was another racist, xenophobic, sexist, boorish comment in the book made by Jamie.(less)

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