![]() She discovered that her father, who left the family after Joe’s death, wasn’t as bad as she perceived him to be. Anna discovers that Joe wasn’t as great as she perceived him to be. Her best friend Natalie gets her a job waitressing where she meets Mateo and soon a relationship blossoms.īassett’s debut novel, Words and Their Meanings, takes us through the summer. ![]() They force her to ‘act normal’ for the summer and get a summer job or they will send her to a special school that deals with her abnormal behavior. Her seven year old sister Bea acts out differently…she hides in places in which she can’t be found, except Anna can find her.Īnna’s behavior is causing concern for her parents. She also writes lines from Patti Smith songs on her arm every day. ![]() Since Joe’s death, Anna’s been practicing ‘coffin yoga’ where she lies on her bed pretending she was dead. Her Gramps, her maternal grandfather, seems to be the one holding the family together. Anna blames herself for Joe’s death, which also caused her parents to split up and get divorced. He was her best friend and they told each other everything. He was living in their house and her father acted more like a father to Joe than a brother. ![]() Joe was really her uncle, her dad’s brother, but since he was only a few years older than Anna, he was more like a brother. It is June and the one year deadaversary of Anna’s bruncle Joe. ![]()
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