Her Last Death ( Pages 58 - 110 )

Summary

In Her Last Death, Susy's mom thought that it would be beneficial to her to move to New Mexico after she had her surgery. Susy on the other hand decided to stay with her friend Marly and her parents in order for her to finish up the 7th grade. Soon enough she felt that Marly's parents didn't care about her "thought and feelings" like her mother did so she moved to New Mexico. She had gotten a job at the theatre with Penelope (her sister) because her mom was dating the owner of the theater. In September they returned to New York for Susy to graduate from the eighth grade. Susy was accepted to her second choice of boarding school; Praise Connecticut. She attended there where she had her first kiss and boyfriend who was a senior. She then decided to transfer to a smaller boarding school in Colorado for the following year. While she was in Pennsylvania her mother was in the hospital and had almost died due to septicemia. She spent her 16th birthday at a bar with her mother. After more of the hate is shown because her mother had slept with the drummer from the band that she has a crush on. Her mother's drug addiction and her sleeping with a lot of guys has really gotten between their relationship.

Quote

"My Mother, yeah, she does drugs, but she's not always like that. She's very beautiful. She went out with Clint Eastwood. ( Sonnenberg, 105 )"

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This quote here shows a lot about Susy's opinion about her mother. Although her mother had a lot of bad habits she still looked up to her mother. She had a way of looking at all the negative things in a positive way which showed the narration of the story is told in Dual Narrative voice. This is how she described her mother to Mr. Cutler who was surprised in how much she knew for only being fifteen.