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What's the significance of the paper clips? I feel like I missed something when they go to the gallery opening and Nora's painting features a crown of paper clips.
Katherine I think because he put a crown of paper lips on for Nora, so it makes the portrait hers. He would have been wearing it in her memory, but the fact tha…moreI think because he put a crown of paper lips on for Nora, so it makes the portrait hers. He would have been wearing it in her memory, but the fact that she was the artist of that portrait was a secret. There may be more to it, but that’s what I got. (less)
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The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai (Goodreads Author)
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