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Erin
One of Tara’s second-year roommates at BYU. A “tall and athletic” girl who intuits Tara’s naivete and gently helps her adjust to living in an apartment with several roommates. She cares for Tara, comforting her when she has night terrors and helping school officials get involved when Tara’s health becomes a financial and emotional burden.
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Robin Character Timeline in Educated
The timeline below shows where the character Robin appears in Educated. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 21: Skullcap
...word to her about it. She moves into a new apartment with new roommates named Robin, Jenni, and Megan. Robin is kind and gentle, and sees the ways in which Tara...
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Chapter 22: What We Whispered and What We Screamed
...What’s more, her big toe—hurt badly in her Thanksgiving day fight with Shawn—has turned black. Robin tries to take Tara to a doctor, but Tara refuses to go. A few days...
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Chapter 23: I’m From Idaho
...swallowing ibuprofen like “breath mints,” but when she starts skipping meals because of trouble chewing, Robin tells the bishop what’s going on.
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...been a sign from God urging her to stay in school. With some prodding from Robin and the bishop at church, she begins putting together the paperwork for a government grant,...
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Robin helps Tara mail off the paperwork, and, several weeks later, a check for four thousand...
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Chapter 29: Graduation
...is selected for a short list of finalists for the Gates scholarship at Cambridge, and Robin helps her prepare for the interview by shopping for new clothes and rehearsing questions. Two...
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