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* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Later,Josie does this with Willie, except the latter is actually dead (or close to it).
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Willie, if her feelings towards Louise are a clue, as she lets how she feels about them be no secret.
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* HeavySleeper: One of the prostitutes in Willie's brothel is one of these. She even slept during a gynecologist exam.
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*ChildHater: Ten years earlier, Willie said she "didn't like children" but she does warm up and takes on a motherly role to Josie.
*ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Later,Josie does this with Willie, except the latter is actually dead (or close to it).
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*UnusualEuphemism: "Nieces" for the girls that work in Willie's brothel.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While not necessarily a girl, Josie's mother Louise, who's dating an abusive gangster by the name of Cincinnati.
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*EveryoneHasStandards: Willie, if her feelings towards Louise are a clue, as she lets how she feels about them be no secret.
*EveryoneHasStandards: Willie, if her feelings towards Louise are a clue, as she lets how she feels about them be no secret.
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*VagueAge: Willie, as indicated by the intro chapter, might have been in her fifties ten years earlier. We also have Louise and, assuming she had Josie as a teenager, that would place her in late-thirties or early forties
*WhamLine: "My mother is a prostitute."
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''Out of the Easy'' is a historical fiction novel by Ruta Septys (best known for writing ''Between Shades of Gray'')
It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer.
She devises a plan to get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
!Tropes for ''Out of the Easy'':
*AbusiveParents: From the glimpses of Josie's past, we see that Louise was this, as Josie would recall how she said harsh things to her and backhanded her. Likewise, Louise doesn't hide the fact that she resents giving birth to Josie and has even stolen from her.
*AlcoholicParent: Louise.
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While not necessarily a girl, Josie's mother Louise, who's dating an abusive gangster by the name of Cincinnati.
*ChildrenAreInnocent: A then seven year old Josie
*AmbiguousDisorder: Marlowe has some kind of dementia
*AnimalMotifs: Josie seems to be associated with birds if the image above is a clue
*[[SonOfAWhore Daughter of a Whore]]: Josie's mother is a prostitute and she often has to deal with the stigma thereof
*DisappearedDad: Josie doesn't know her father, then again, her mother ''is'' a prostitute.
*TheFifties
*GenderBlenderName: Willie's name, to a then seven-year old Jo's confusion.
*HeavySleeper: One of the prostitutes in Willie's brothel is one of these.
*HookerWithAHeartGold: The prostitutes that work in Willie's brothel. Louise, isn't one of them
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Willie isn't the nicest person around, however, she does care for and acts more of a mother to Josie than Louise does.
*ParentalSubstitute: Willie plays this role to Josie. In all fairness, Josie's real mother can't even be called one.
*RedLightDistrict: The French Quarter of New Orleans
*TeenPregnancy: Louise seems to imply that Josie was this, as she states she was pretty at her (Josie's) age before she had her, at the same time.
*WiseBeyondTheirYears: Josie is a deconstruction.
It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer.
She devises a plan to get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
!Tropes for ''Out of the Easy'':
*AbusiveParents: From the glimpses of Josie's past, we see that Louise was this, as Josie would recall how she said harsh things to her and backhanded her. Likewise, Louise doesn't hide the fact that she resents giving birth to Josie and has even stolen from her.
*AlcoholicParent: Louise.
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While not necessarily a girl, Josie's mother Louise, who's dating an abusive gangster by the name of Cincinnati.
*ChildrenAreInnocent: A then seven year old Josie
*AmbiguousDisorder: Marlowe has some kind of dementia
*AnimalMotifs: Josie seems to be associated with birds if the image above is a clue
*[[SonOfAWhore Daughter of a Whore]]: Josie's mother is a prostitute and she often has to deal with the stigma thereof
*DisappearedDad: Josie doesn't know her father, then again, her mother ''is'' a prostitute.
*TheFifties
*GenderBlenderName: Willie's name, to a then seven-year old Jo's confusion.
*HeavySleeper: One of the prostitutes in Willie's brothel is one of these.
*HookerWithAHeartGold: The prostitutes that work in Willie's brothel. Louise, isn't one of them
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Willie isn't the nicest person around, however, she does care for and acts more of a mother to Josie than Louise does.
*ParentalSubstitute: Willie plays this role to Josie. In all fairness, Josie's real mother can't even be called one.
*RedLightDistrict: The French Quarter of New Orleans
*TeenPregnancy: Louise seems to imply that Josie was this, as she states she was pretty at her (Josie's) age before she had her, at the same time.
*WiseBeyondTheirYears: Josie is a deconstruction.
