CHAPTER FIVE
Michelle, Grown
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She was not the kind of person you could protect someone from.
— The Hunt
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“the story of a teacher's suicide would be mustered over lunch like fries”
Robbin is the kind of person who tells the truth without knowing it. She's the most honest character in the book. She just doesn't know she is.
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“suicide was not one of them”
The town knew before they knew. That's how small places work. The official story arrives after everyone has already decided what happened.
“You can't really trust the voices you hear”
Alma says this at the end of chapter one and she's talking about the voices around her — gossip, rumor. But she's also talking about the whole book.