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I am finding it hard to remember all the characters and their relations. Does the book have a family tree? I am listening the audiobook version If anyone else had this problem and charted a family tree with names, kindly share it. Thank you.

Irene Johnson Yes, the book has a family tree at the front.

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Did anyone else think it was odd that the section written as a 'Prologue' is also repeated in the text as the section called 'Now.' ? Why would we want to read the same text twice?

Heidi Probably because there are about 500 pages between the prologue and the section called 'Now.' When we read the prologue, we had no idea what was happe…moreProbably because there are about 500 pages between the prologue and the section called 'Now.' When we read the prologue, we had no idea what was happening and why. When we got around to reading 'Now' it all made sense. Personally, I thought it was helpful to have that section repeated so I didn't have to flip back to the beginning. The repeated section is like 3 pages long - is it really that big of an issue? (less)

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Towards the end of the book a comment was made about Alanis Morissette's trouble. What was that all about?