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* OutnumberedSibling: Young Jim, Stacey's brother, outnumbered by herself, and their sister, Celia.
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--> Grandpa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.
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--> Grandpa Grampa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children. children.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: How Stacey and her siblings were born, as her father of record was effectively infertile, given a trial period of three years, and his twin was chosen instead.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: How Stacey and her siblings were born, as her father of record was effectively infertile, given a trial period of three years, and his twin was chosen instead.
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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Due to AFamilyAffair, Stacey and her siblings' biological father is actually the twin brother of their legal father:
--> Grampa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.
--> Grampa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.
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* AFamilyAffair: How Stacey and her siblings were born, as her father of record was effectively infertile, given a trial period of three years:
--> Grandpa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.
--> Grandpa Thomas told a story of twin brothers, one the father of children, the other the woman's husband. Stacey choked. She isn't going to tell me that Jim is not my father. Momma's monologue softened, became reverent, telling Stacey precisely what she did not want to hear. To prevent divorce and still have children she had spent time in the city with Ned-four times, in fact. It had hurt Jim but he had to decide between no wife and no children or a wife and his twin brother's children.
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* OutnumberedSibling: Young Jim, Stacey's brother, outnumbered by herself, and their sister, Celia.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Creator/LeeMaracle. It takes place in 1950s British Columbia, Canada. More specifically, an urban Native community on the Pacific Northwest Coast, that has been hit by a flu epidemic. The story follows Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Creator/LeeMaracle. It takes place in 1950s 1954 British Columbia, Canada. More specifically, an urban Native community on the Pacific Northwest Coast, that has been hit by a flu epidemic. The story follows Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her younger sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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* NosyNeighbor: Nora was known to be nosy.
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* NosyNeighbor: Nora The villager, Nora, was known to be nosy.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Creator/LeeMaracle. It is set along the Pacific Northwest Coast in the 1950s, tells the story of an urban Native community devastated by an influenza epidemic. Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Creator/LeeMaracle. It is set along the Pacific Northwest Coast takes place in the 1950s, tells the story of 1950s British Columbia, Canada. More specifically, an urban Native community devastated on the Pacific Northwest Coast, that has been hit by an influenza a flu epidemic. The story follows Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Lee Maracle. It is set along the Pacific Northwest Coast in the 1950s, tells the story of an urban Native community devastated by an influenza epidemic. Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Lee Maracle.Creator/LeeMaracle. It is set along the Pacific Northwest Coast in the 1950s, tells the story of an urban Native community devastated by an influenza epidemic. Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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* SlutShaming: See the DrivenToSuicide entry.
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* SlutShaming: See the Is how DrivenToSuicide entry.is applied to [[spoiler:Polly, who is assumed to had sex with Herb]].
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* DomesticAbuse:
** Polly's father beats her mother.
** Jake, the "old snake" beats his wife.
** Polly's father beats her mother.
** Jake, the "old snake" beats his wife.
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''Ravensong'' is a novel by Lee Maracle. It is set along the Pacific Northwest Coast in the 1950s, tells the story of an urban Native community devastated by an influenza epidemic. Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl, struggles with the clash between white society’s values and her family’s traditional ways, knowing that her future lies somewhere in between. Celia, her sister, has visions from the past, while Raven warns of an impending catastrophe before there is any reconciliation between the two cultures.
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!!Tropes in this book:
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Celia dreams of the arrival of some disease that arrived in the past in the first two pages.
* DrivenToSuicide: From SlutShaming against [[spoiler:Polly, who is assumed to had sex with Herb]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Nora, whose funeral happens in the first chapter.
* SlutShaming: See the DrivenToSuicide entry.
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!!Tropes in this book:
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Celia dreams of the arrival of some disease that arrived in the past in the first two pages.
* DrivenToSuicide: From SlutShaming against [[spoiler:Polly, who is assumed to had sex with Herb]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Nora, whose funeral happens in the first chapter.
* SlutShaming: See the DrivenToSuicide entry.
