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The Quiet Girl
I think that is fair, but I think you do have sympathy for both of them. Both eventually go on a journey, one a physical journey which is also an emotional journey. And she goes on an emotional journey in her own house because she is so... What has happened to her and the grief that has happened to them, the great sadness, has made the world outside hostile. So she's decided that it's better just to stay in and have lots of net curtains and make a life completely without anybody else. Out of grief, out of bitterness, and grief is a very complex thing. It's not always polite. It's jagged. It's unkind. It's blaming
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