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After Nick’s parents divorce when he is 11, his mom raises him and his younger sister alone. Nick’s mom supports Nick’s interest in football, though she has no interest in it herself. Nick notes that, at the time, it was not typical for women to like football or attend games.
Nick’s Mom Quotes in Fever Pitch
The Fever Pitch quotes below are all either spoken by Nick’s Mom or refer to Nick’s Mom. 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 2
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On Saturdays, it seems to me now, we enacted a weird little parody of a sitcom married couple: she would take me down to the station, I’d go on the train up to London, do my man’s stuff and ring her from the forecourt call-box when I got back for a lift home. She would then put my tea on the table and I ate while I talked about my day and, sweetly, she would ask questions about a subject that she didn’t know much about, but tried to take an interest in anyway, for my sake.
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Nick’s Mom Quotes in Fever Pitch
The Fever Pitch quotes below are all either spoken by Nick’s Mom or refer to Nick’s Mom. 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 2
Quotes
On Saturdays, it seems to me now, we enacted a weird little parody of a sitcom married couple: she would take me down to the station, I’d go on the train up to London, do my man’s stuff and ring her from the forecourt call-box when I got back for a lift home. She would then put my tea on the table and I ate while I talked about my day and, sweetly, she would ask questions about a subject that she didn’t know much about, but tried to take an interest in anyway, for my sake.
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