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How do you think the title of the book relates to the novel itself? All I can figure is that the title reflects the lasting imprints a person can have on another i.e. Hanneke, Beatrix, Retta on Alma.

Tan Cha I think it is because the wold used to believe Jocob Boehme, that you could eat a walnut, say, to cure a headache or something that looked like blood,…moreI think it is because the wold used to believe Jocob Boehme, that you could eat a walnut, say, to cure a headache or something that looked like blood, to cure a disease of the blood etc etc, which Charles Darwin proved wrong. Alma had worked that out too - that the signature of things isn't really that scientific, but because Ambrose believed it, she realised there were things that couldn't be measured by science...(less)

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