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* Diana Wynne Jones's death in RealLife. Creator/NeilGaiman reported on her passing.
** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish [[Literature/TheIslandsOfChaldea The Islands of Chaldea]] after her family made the request. Things come in full circle.
** Their HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood which sometimes seems too absurd to be true.
* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, considering she featured him in Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated ''Literature/HexWood'' to him.
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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated ''Literature/HexWood'' to him.

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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, considering she featured him in Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated ''Literature/HexWood'' to him.
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** Duck's grief when [[spoiler: his daughter Noreth dies]]. You can see why he turns against [[spoiler: Maewen]].

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** Duck's grief in ''The Crown of Dalemark'' when [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his daughter Noreth dies]]. You can see why he turns against [[spoiler: Maewen]].
[[spoiler:Maewen]].
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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated [[HexWood Hexwood]] to him.

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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated [[HexWood Hexwood]] ''Literature/HexWood'' to him.
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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in [[TheMagids Deep Secret]] and dedicated [[HexWood Hexwood]] to him.

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* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in [[TheMagids Deep Secret]] Literature/DeepSecret and dedicated [[HexWood Hexwood]] to him.
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* Diana Wynne Jones's death in RealLife. NeilGaiman reported on her passing.

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* Diana Wynne Jones's death in RealLife. NeilGaiman Creator/NeilGaiman reported on her passing.
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* TheTimeOfTheGhost

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* TheDalemarkQuartet

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* TheDalemarkQuartet''Literature/TheDalemarkQuartet''



* TheHomewardBounders

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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish [[Literature/TheIslandsOfChaldea]] after her family made the request.

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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish [[Literature/TheIslandsOfChaldea]] [[Literature/TheIslandsOfChaldea The Islands of Chaldea]] after her family made the request.request. Things come in full circle.
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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish TheIslandsOfChaldea after her family made the request.

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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish TheIslandsOfChaldea [[Literature/TheIslandsOfChaldea]] after her family made the request.
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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged.

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** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged. begged; [[CoolBigSis they looked up to her]]. Ursula would later finish TheIslandsOfChaldea after her family made the request.
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* "Aunt Bea's Day Out" has a brief moment when one of the kids loses their teddy to the military, and the whole family loses Aunt Bea. There's a bit of AdultFear


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* "Aunt Bea's Day Out" has a brief moment when one of the kids loses their teddy to the military, and the whole family loses Aunt Bea. There's a bit of AdultFear

AdultFear until [[spoiler: she phones them from another country.]]

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** Diana
Diana including autobiogaphical bits in the story, namely about one of her sisters tying knots in her hair. Apparently people thought [[RealityIsUnrealistic she was exaggerating]].
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* "Aunt Bea's Day Out"


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* "Aunt Bea's Day Out"

Out" has a brief moment when one of the kids loses their teddy to the military, and the whole family loses Aunt Bea. There's a bit of AdultFear




** Both of Polly's parents abandoning her for their selfish purposes.
** "I don't want to see you ever again!"

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** Both of Polly's parents abandoning her for their selfish purposes. \n Her mother in particular takes out her bitterness on Polly. As Chris Hill notes in his essay [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl1parents.htm "I Blame It On the Parents"]], "There seems to be no hope of reconciliation here."
** [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer "I don't want to see you ever again!"
again!"]]



* TheDalemarkQuarter
** Duck's grief when [[spoiler: his daughter Noreth dies]]. You can see why he turns against Maewen.

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* TheDalemarkQuarter
TheDalemarkQuartet
** Duck's grief when [[spoiler: his daughter Noreth dies]]. You can see why he turns against Maewen.[[spoiler: Maewen]].
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* Diana Wynne Jones's death in RealLife. NeilGaiman reported on her passing.
** Her sister Ursula mentioned how Diana would write stories in notebooks for them and finish them when her sisters begged.
** Their HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood which sometimes seems too absurd to be true.
* Neil's explanation of [[http://leemac.freeserve.co.uk/cl3.htm#neil how he met Diana]] is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, considering she featured him in [[TheMagids Deep Secret]] and dedicated [[HexWood Hexwood]] to him.

!!!Short Stories and Novellas
* "The Girl Who Loved the Sun" is about a human girl who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wants the sun to love her]]. It goes about as well as you'd expect, though the sun is apologetic. It doesn't help that she had started falling for a suitor that fell for her. In a nutshell, AllLoveIsUnrequited.
* ''Everard's Ride'' has an extremely BitterSweetEnding. Let's just say it involves TheUnfavorite elder sister going off to [[spoiler: marry a Duke from another land]] rather than accept her father's unfair punishment of packing her off to boarding school.
* "Aunt Bea's Day Out"


!!! Novels

* FireAndHemlock
** Polly choosing to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forget about Tom]] when persuaded to.
** Both of Polly's parents abandoning her for their selfish purposes.
** "I don't want to see you ever again!"

* TheTimeOfTheGhost
** The whole premise, really. Being caught in a car accident but not knowing who you are, and having to warn your past self.
** Diana

* TheDalemarkQuarter
** Duck's grief when [[spoiler: his daughter Noreth dies]]. You can see why he turns against Maewen.

* TheHomewardBounders
** TheReveal that Jamie [[spoiler: made it home one hundred years later.]] How does he find out? He recognizes [[spoiler: his sister in a photograph.]]

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