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Erin
No. I think the point of the omission is to show how she was always the friend, the daughter, the assistant--never really her own person.
Linda
No. I think the point is to underscore the fact that her story, the story she's been telling us, isn't really even about her. There is a scene at the very end when she's watching a dance clip and she realizes that she's been a "shadow" all her life, attaching herself to the brighter light of more charismatic people (first her mother, then Tracey, and later Aimee) and while it's a sad realization for someone to make in her mid thirties, it's also uplifting because you get the sense that she's not going to do that anymore.
Nevie
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Valentina
When you think about yourself - you don't think about your name. Likewise, mother is just mother.
Lori
I think her name is Zoe.
Kathleen Haley
As others have pointed out in various ways, the narrator has no given name because she hasn't enough character to merit a name. This is one of the disappointing aspects of the book--the fact that even at the end the narrator has not achieved naming status.
Janet
No, we never learn her name, though the book seems autobiographical,
Patti Forte
Hahaha I was just thinking the same thing as I listen to the audio book, thinking somehow I must have missed it or forgotten it.
Shellie
Nope. Leading to awkward and confusing descriptions and reviews. Good times!
Mark
Nope, she is not.
Mustafa ozlu
I think about it after i finished the book.I can't see the main character name.
Iffat Nawaz
No, I don't think she was ever named
A
I don't think so.
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