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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Charlie Hook insists everyone pronounce his name Charlie 'ook. It is played to a meta level that from that point on, even the narrator spells his name "Charlie 'ook" for the rest of the story.
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* PronouncingMyNameForYou: Charlie Hook insists everyone pronounce his name Charlie 'ook. It is played to a meta level that from that point on, even the narrator spells his name "Charlie 'ook" for the rest of the story.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Edna Hook raised the children this way including singing of religious songs at the piano.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Edna Violet Hook raised the children this way including singing of religious songs at the piano.
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: What is hinted at throughout the book comes about in the revelation of how the children's father hasn't been around. All seven Hook children are all illegitimate children from Edna's various affairs and hooking. None of them are Charlie's blood.]]
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* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: What is hinted at throughout the book comes about in the revelation of how the children's father hasn't been around. All seven Hook children are all illegitimate children from Edna's Violet's various affairs and hooking. None of them are Charlie's blood.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: To an extent of a life change. As Edna Hook grows older she converts to being highly religious and indoctrinates her children in it, even though the only reason all seven children were born was she spent most of her life being far from religious.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: To an extent of a life change. As Violet Edna Hook grows older she converts to being highly religious and indoctrinates her children in it, even though the only reason all seven children were born was she spent most of her life being far from religious.
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** And possibly there ending this trope actually happens.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.].
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** And possibly there their ending this trope actually happens.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.].]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.
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''Our Mother's House" is a book written in 1963 by Julian Gloag. It tells the story about what happens when the young Hook children have to keep living when their mother passes away in her bed.
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''Our Mother's House" House'' is a book written in 1963 novel by Julian Gloag. It tells the story about what happens when the young Hook children have to keep living when their mother passes away in her bed.
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* DisposingOfABody: After Mother Dies, the five elder children take turns digging a hole to bury her in the garden. When Gertie dies, they do the same for her. And lastly they were doing the same for Charlie when they are finally caught.
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* ShrineToTheFallen: The children alter the small shed in the garden into "the tabernacle" where they move several things from Mother's room down there to where her body is buried. This is where they hold Mother Time.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic.mechanic and takes a ride with him on his motorcycle. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Charlie Hook insists everyone pronounce his name Charlie 'ook. It is played to a meta level that from that point on, even the narrator spells his name "Charlie 'ook" for the rest of the story.
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* chekovsSkill: It is established Jiminee can forge his mother's signature, as it's how the children cash the checks. Charlie later uses him to forge the signature to let him sell the house out from under the children.
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* DisappropriateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
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* DisappropriateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
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* TeenageWasteland: WHile not all of the children are in their teens this trope applies.
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* TeenageWasteland: WHile While not all of the children are in their teens this trope applies.
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''Our Mother's House" is a book written in 1963 by Julian Gloag. It tells the story about what happens when the young Hook children have to keep living when their mother passes away in her bed.
The story follows along some interesting routine bits of the genre while not being afraid to mix up some of those rules along the way.
In 1967 it was turned into a movie directed by Jack Clayton. For tropes on the movie see ''Film/OurMothersHouse''.
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!!The book provides examples of:
* AHouseDivided: The Hook house becomes divided more than once, First with Elsa and Hubert against Diana and Dunstan, and then later Elsa vs Charlie.
* AnyoneCanDie: While the premise kicks off with Mother's death, other deaths occur that the reader may not see coming.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Edna Hook raised the children this way including singing of religious songs at the piano.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Hubert snaps upon hearing the truth and Charlie 'ook berate their mother and kills him with the fireplace poker.]]
* BigFancyHouse: The Hook Home isn't the biggest house but it is noted it happens to be a big house by the neighborhood normal standards.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Mrs. hook raises seven children and there are lots of issues among them.
* BreakTheCutie: Gertie starts off such a sweet child, and then she suffers for being abused and dies in bed.
* chekovsSkill: It is established Jiminee can forge his mother's signature, as it's how the children cash the checks. Charlie later uses him to forge the signature to let him sell the house out from under the children.
* DaddysGirl: Diana tries to be this to her new found father.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: What is hinted at throughout the book comes about in the revelation of how the children's father hasn't been around. All seven Hook children are all illegitimate children from Edna's various affairs and hooking. None of them are Charlie's blood.]]
* DisappropriateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
* DontSplitUsUp: The children avoid telling anyone of Mother's death fearing they will be split up by the system.
** And possibly there ending this trope actually happens.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Charlie Hook insists everyone pronounce his name Charlie 'ook. It is played to a meta level that from that point on, even the narrator spells his name "Charlie 'ook" for the rest of the story.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.].
* {{Hypocrite}}: To an extent of a life change. As Edna Hook grows older she converts to being highly religious and indoctrinates her children in it, even though the only reason all seven children were born was she spent most of her life being far from religious.
* InsufferableGenius: Dunstan comes off like this.
* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The book ends with the Hook Children being discovered trying to bury Charlie's body and they have to prepare to go off to the orphanage they ask to go say goodbye to their friend Louis. The ending sentences has them standing on the porch looking at their teacher coming out of the house with their luggage. Leaving it unknown if they will go with her or try to runaway.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The children have "Mother Time" a seance to contact Mother's spirit. It is through Diana she speaks, at first it is left ambiguous whether this is real or not. But after the seance where Louis is allowed to stay, Diana confesses to Hubert that she did Mother's voice this time, but proclaimed the previous times Mother had really come to speak through her.
* OnlySaneMan: Hubert and Dunstan both think of themselves this way. Dunstan in at first being the one to stand up for Mother's rules when he thinks the others aren't. And Hubert when he contacts Charlie thinking it'll be for the better.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: "Mother's Spirit" speaks through Diana at Mother Time. At least at first,the chair does move by itself at one point.
* ParentalAbandonment: While not as an on purpose example but Mother dying is what kicks off the plot.
* PetTheDog: Charlie is given some moments where it looks like he may be kind.
* SexIsEvil: Mother's rule.
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: And how Mother gave birth to seven children.
* TeenageWasteland: WHile not all of the children are in their teens this trope applies.
* TraumaticHaircut: After Gertie is revealed to be a harlot, Mother's "spirit" orders she be given one.
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The story follows along some interesting routine bits of the genre while not being afraid to mix up some of those rules along the way.
In 1967 it was turned into a movie directed by Jack Clayton. For tropes on the movie see ''Film/OurMothersHouse''.
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!!The book provides examples of:
* AHouseDivided: The Hook house becomes divided more than once, First with Elsa and Hubert against Diana and Dunstan, and then later Elsa vs Charlie.
* AnyoneCanDie: While the premise kicks off with Mother's death, other deaths occur that the reader may not see coming.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Edna Hook raised the children this way including singing of religious songs at the piano.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Hubert snaps upon hearing the truth and Charlie 'ook berate their mother and kills him with the fireplace poker.]]
* BigFancyHouse: The Hook Home isn't the biggest house but it is noted it happens to be a big house by the neighborhood normal standards.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Mrs. hook raises seven children and there are lots of issues among them.
* BreakTheCutie: Gertie starts off such a sweet child, and then she suffers for being abused and dies in bed.
* chekovsSkill: It is established Jiminee can forge his mother's signature, as it's how the children cash the checks. Charlie later uses him to forge the signature to let him sell the house out from under the children.
* DaddysGirl: Diana tries to be this to her new found father.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: What is hinted at throughout the book comes about in the revelation of how the children's father hasn't been around. All seven Hook children are all illegitimate children from Edna's various affairs and hooking. None of them are Charlie's blood.]]
* DisappropriateRetribution: Gertie is abused (sexually touched) by a local mechanic. "Mother" orders she be punished by having her hair cut, not talked to, having her most prized possession taken away, limiting how much she can eat/drink.......[[spoiler: and she later dies from it. All because she got abused and supposedly liked it.]]
* DontSplitUsUp: The children avoid telling anyone of Mother's death fearing they will be split up by the system.
** And possibly there ending this trope actually happens.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Charlie Hook insists everyone pronounce his name Charlie 'ook. It is played to a meta level that from that point on, even the narrator spells his name "Charlie 'ook" for the rest of the story.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: At first Charlie seems like a good guy but then his true side of wasting money, hooking up with any girl and gambling comes out.].
* {{Hypocrite}}: To an extent of a life change. As Edna Hook grows older she converts to being highly religious and indoctrinates her children in it, even though the only reason all seven children were born was she spent most of her life being far from religious.
* InsufferableGenius: Dunstan comes off like this.
* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The book ends with the Hook Children being discovered trying to bury Charlie's body and they have to prepare to go off to the orphanage they ask to go say goodbye to their friend Louis. The ending sentences has them standing on the porch looking at their teacher coming out of the house with their luggage. Leaving it unknown if they will go with her or try to runaway.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The children have "Mother Time" a seance to contact Mother's spirit. It is through Diana she speaks, at first it is left ambiguous whether this is real or not. But after the seance where Louis is allowed to stay, Diana confesses to Hubert that she did Mother's voice this time, but proclaimed the previous times Mother had really come to speak through her.
* OnlySaneMan: Hubert and Dunstan both think of themselves this way. Dunstan in at first being the one to stand up for Mother's rules when he thinks the others aren't. And Hubert when he contacts Charlie thinking it'll be for the better.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: "Mother's Spirit" speaks through Diana at Mother Time. At least at first,the chair does move by itself at one point.
* ParentalAbandonment: While not as an on purpose example but Mother dying is what kicks off the plot.
* PetTheDog: Charlie is given some moments where it looks like he may be kind.
* SexIsEvil: Mother's rule.
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: And how Mother gave birth to seven children.
* TeenageWasteland: WHile not all of the children are in their teens this trope applies.
* TraumaticHaircut: After Gertie is revealed to be a harlot, Mother's "spirit" orders she be given one.
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