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Is the reader supposed to know what in particular has kept lucy away? She makes allusions but I'm not quite sure what conclusion reader should draw
Melanie M Merritt Why do so many of you think that Lucy's dad was the one who walked around the house masturbating? The book clearly says (from the point of view of som…moreWhy do so many of you think that Lucy's dad was the one who walked around the house masturbating? The book clearly says (from the point of view of someone in another workshop) that it a the father of someone named Janie Templeton.

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Julie Yes, but after Lucy hears about Janie's father, she comments "I had never before heard, nor have I heard since, of this Thing- as I had called it to m ...more
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Clarke It was mentioned several times throughout the series.
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