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The book was a huge bestseller when it was published, which is notable because of its frank and sympathetic treatment of sex ([[DoubleStandard especially women's sexuality]]) and other then-controversial subjects.

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The book was a huge bestseller when it was published, which is notable because of its frank and sympathetic treatment of sex ([[DoubleStandard sex, especially women's sexuality]]) sexuality, and other then-controversial subjects.
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* After Katie shoots the pedophile who grabbed Francie, a drunk reporter confuses Katie's name with that of the cop on the case. The article in the Brooklyn paper the following morning states that Mrs. O'Leary of Williamsburg shot a prowler in her home. A few days later, the New York papers pick up the story, which has become "Mrs. O'Leary of Williamsburg was shot by a prowler in her home."

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* GossipEvolution: After Katie shoots the pedophile who grabbed Francie, a drunk reporter confuses Katie's name with that of the cop on the case. The article in the Brooklyn paper the following morning states that Mrs. O'Leary of Williamsburg shot a prowler in her home. A few days later, the New York papers pick up the story, which has become "Mrs. O'Leary of Williamsburg was shot by a prowler in her home."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Three months after Framcoe was born, Katie finds that she has no milk left to nurse...because she is now pregnant with Neeley. Neeley is "leeching" the nourishment that Francie needed -- especially since she is a weak, sickly child. The infant Francie just has to toughen up and cope, setting up a pattern that continues as the children grow up. Neeley receives the lion's share of the limited affection and opportunity that their mother gives them, even when Francie logically deserves it more.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Three months after Framcoe Francie was born, Katie finds that she has no milk left to nurse...because she is now pregnant with Neeley. Neeley is "leeching" the nourishment that Francie needed -- especially since she is a weak, sickly child. The infant Francie just has to toughen up and cope, setting up a pattern that continues as the children grow up. Neeley receives the lion's share of the limited affection and opportunity that their mother gives them, even when Francie logically deserves it more.

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