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Recognizable by her high heels and mini-skirts, Anita and Tracey’s mother is an unstable presence in her daughters’ lives. Her obsession with sex makes her behave in unscrupulous ways, as she has sex with Dave “The Poet,” whom Anita was going out with. Her lack of interest in taking care of her children also leads her to abandon her family to go live with her lover, a butcher. Deirdre also proves racist and vulgar, as she calls their family poodle “Nigger,” which shocks Meena’s family. However, Deirdre attempts to show some concern for Anita’s life when she asks Meena’s mother why Anita and Meena no longer spend time together—an episode that, in retrospect, Meena interprets as Deirdre’s plea for Meena to take care of Anita once she is gone.
Deirdre Quotes in Anita and Me
The Anita and Me quotes below are all either spoken by Deirdre or refer to Deirdre. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9
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Sherrie did not even know that her parents were thinking of moving, Sherrie and Anita did not know what I suddenly realised now, that Deirdre had no intention, ever, of buying Anita a horse. Sorrow flooded me until it rose up to my eyes and made them sting. Anita, the same skinny harpy who had just narrowly missed gouging out another girl’s eyes, was now whispering lover’s endearments into a fat pony’s ears. She needed me maybe more than I needed her. There is a fine line between love and pity and I had just stepped over it.
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Deirdre Quotes in Anita and Me
The Anita and Me quotes below are all either spoken by Deirdre or refer to Deirdre. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 9
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Sherrie did not even know that her parents were thinking of moving, Sherrie and Anita did not know what I suddenly realised now, that Deirdre had no intention, ever, of buying Anita a horse. Sorrow flooded me until it rose up to my eyes and made them sting. Anita, the same skinny harpy who had just narrowly missed gouging out another girl’s eyes, was now whispering lover’s endearments into a fat pony’s ears. She needed me maybe more than I needed her. There is a fine line between love and pity and I had just stepped over it.
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