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Louisa asked this question about The Lincoln Highway:
Does anyone have any idea what Wooly’s illness was and what his medicine was? What about Sarah’s pink pills?
Judith Wooly couldn't make it in school, or even recite the Gettysburg Address, so maybe he had an undiagnosed learning disability that led to extreme anxiet…moreWooly couldn't make it in school, or even recite the Gettysburg Address, so maybe he had an undiagnosed learning disability that led to extreme anxiety or a break with reality (ie. being old enough to drive a fire truck but thinking someone forgot it & he needed to return it to a station??!) He didn't fit in with his high functioning, competitive family, so they just doped him up with laudanum. Sarah would have needed Valium to cope with "Dennis"! (less)
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