Elizabeth Strout on OH WILLIAM!
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Catherine's Not Good With Boundaries
William doesn't ever call his mother mam. He calls her katherine. And i just find it interesting, because there are people who do call their parents by their first names. His mother wanted to be called mam. She said to lucy, when they first thought mary, could you please call me mum? And she said, wel, i'll try. But she never could, because william didn't call her mam. It's a sad moment between the coat that she gives lucy and then throws out the alo. She bought it for five dollars in six up. She loved that coat. I'm sure he was, you know,
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