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In “Gaps in the Hickory,” Lucy is Izzy and Delores’s grandchild, Jackson and Jeanie’s child, and Carter’s younger sister. Carter likes to try on Lucy’s clothing, a behavior that alerts Izzy to Carter’s transgender identity early on. Lucy is young and has yet to internalize the bigotry common among people in her small Mississippi town, so she just loves her brother and says he looks pretty in his clothing.
Lucy Quotes in Foreign Soil
The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Lucy or refer to Lucy. 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:
).
Gaps in the Hickory
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When Carter wriggle into the top, his whole body get to singin’. He stand up straight, look in the mirror. His mind unfog itself.
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Lucy Quotes in Foreign Soil
The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Lucy or refer to Lucy. 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:
).
Gaps in the Hickory
Quotes
When Carter wriggle into the top, his whole body get to singin’. He stand up straight, look in the mirror. His mind unfog itself.
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Explanation and Analysis:
