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Ed Bernard
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Jan Wylde
Am thinking Frances knew she lived life in the wrong way and it was a gift for Malcolm to not repeat. Perhaps Frances wasn't a totally happy soul? Good golly - it surely was somewhat boring, no challenges, no charitable human interaction until the end? Malcolm was kept uneducated, immature and dependent upon his acrid and selfish mother. He hadn't come into his own. Did Frances give anything back to the world - except Malcolm?
Maybe I give her too much credit. The self loathing crab apple might not be able to think of others! At the end I wanted to know more about Malcolm and his future!!!
Maybe I give her too much credit. The self loathing crab apple might not be able to think of others! At the end I wanted to know more about Malcolm and his future!!!
Anne Goodwin
I think she has no concept of other people as separate from herself. A total narcissist.
Lauren
He has Susan. I mean - wasn't Frances incredibly selfish from beginning to end? Did she not want Malcolm as a pet? to give her meaning, maybe... and in that she did not feel responsible for him in the end, perhaps.
Screwtop Thompson
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Kordelia
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Teresa
I had the same question. I understand somewhat her wanting to get rid of her husband's money, but what about Malcolm?
Ricardo Alonso
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Charlotte
"aesthetic preference"
Elizabeth
I also wondered. How did he even pay for the flowers in the coda? And how will he pay for the therapy after such a bleak childhood? But that's just me. Moving on. Leaving the bleak behind. Bleak, bleak, bleak.
~☆~Autumn
LOL! She was a stupid, foolish spendthrift. I can't help but laugh!
Jomeow
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Nancy
All part of her poisonous personality: the only person in the world she cared about was herself. She had feelings for only herself.
John Dishwasher
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Cort Williams
I was wondering on the specifics myself but on the whole it seemed in character for Frances. I think there was a passage that referred to this question. Indicating that it was not because she felt guilt about her husband's shady clientele or anything of that nature, but something smaller, more personal, bitterer. Or something to that effect. I'd guess it was sort of an FU to Frank. Perhaps they had some argument where he boasted he set her up so she couldn't spend it all if she tried so she felt compelled to prove him wrong-Kind of a Brewster's Millions thing.
Amy
I thought she was of the view, she couldn't take it with her and running out of the money was the time line of her style of living. Most of her life had little to do with Malcolm; he was a companion of sorts
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