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What did you all make of the ending where Jude and her boyfriend are swimming in the river after their grandmother's funeral?

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Karen Moorhead I guess I thought the fact that Kennedy wouldn't even share the fact that their grandma died with Stella, was the ending. Stella would not change/neve ...more
May 17, 2021 06:17PM · flag

Maria They eluded in one of the chapters that Kennedy would later tell the story of being a soap opera star in a bar, drunk in her 40's. That's how I imagin ...more
Sep 18, 2021 04:13AM · flag

Natalie Davis So,,, the tragic figures are the ones who chose whiteness. Stella chose it long ago. Kennedy chose it when her Haitian beau realized she saw dark skin ...more
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