![]() ![]() Her parents eventually decided to send her to a child psychologist to help her understand these visions. They were apprehensive about this woman who “appeared” to Natalie at night. When this first began, Natalie was very young, and she would casually bring up Grandmother in conversations with her family. Grandmother visits her at night (we’re unsure if she is a dream or a real person) and gives her life lessons. Through the discussions of her childhood, we are introduced to an important character that Natalie calls ‘Grandmother’. Her traumas are exposed to the reader slowly throughout the book. Natalie also carries a lot of emotional baggage from her childhood. ![]() Natalie begins to have conflicting feelings about her life that confuse her, and she’s skeptical about what she wants to do in college or if she even wants to go. She also feels guilt for not trying to learn more about her community. From the beginning of the book, Natalie is going through an identity crisis. Therefore, she knows very little about her background. Natalie was born into an Aboriginal community however, she was adopted at a very young age by a non-Aboriginal family. This story follows a teenage girl named Natalie Cleary, who has just finished high school and is preparing to attend college in the fall. ![]()
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