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Natalie Waite, who was seventeen years old but who felt that she had been truly conscious only since she was about fifteen, lived in an odd corner of a world of sound and sight past the daily voices of her father and mother and their incomprehensible actions.
Given the main character’s and Shirley Jackson’s interest in Tarot, Natalie’s last name must be a nod to A.E. Waite, co-creator of the Rider–Waite deck and author of one of the most popular Tarot guides.
They all laughed, and the sudden family gesture was so pleasant to them that they immediately took steps to separate themselves from one another.
She chose her words with mischief.
