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A punk rocker in her youth, Rhea dyes her hair green to assume a punk identity, but feels self conscious about her freckles. Rhea is in love with Bennie, but feels left out because Bennie likes Alice. Lou considers her, along with Jocelyn, as one of “his girls,” and later in life she visits him as he is dying. Though she doesn’t have a sexual relationship with Lou, she feels both left out and disgusted by Lou’s relationship with Jocelyn. Rhea ends up settling into a more traditional life as an adult. She gets married and has three children.
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Chapter 3
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I can't tell if [Alice’s] actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real.
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Chapter 5
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Every night, my mother ticks off another day I've been clean. It's more than a year, my longest yet. "Jocelyn, You've got so much life in front of you," she says. And when I believe her, for a minute, there's a lifting over my eyes. Like walking out of a dark room.
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Rhea Quotes in A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Chapter 3
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I can't tell if [Alice’s] actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real.
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Chapter 5
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Every night, my mother ticks off another day I've been clean. It's more than a year, my longest yet. "Jocelyn, You've got so much life in front of you," she says. And when I believe her, for a minute, there's a lifting over my eyes. Like walking out of a dark room.
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