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Middle Sister’s Mother
Chef is maybe-boyfriend’s best friend. As his name suggests, he likes to cook and bake, which gets him made fun of, with people calling his masculinity into question. Always wanting to stick up for himself, chef gets into many fights, hoping to defend his masculinity. Toward the end of the novel, middle sister is shocked to see chef and maybe-boyfriend share a romantic moment.
Chef Quotes in Milkman
The Milkman quotes below are all either spoken by Chef or refer to Chef. 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 6
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He said then that for as long as I remained living in the family home, he’d call up to my door but wait outside and that I was to go to him. He said then he’d call at seven the following night in one of his cars. ‘Not this,’ he added, dismissing the van, mentioning instead one of those alpha-numericals. For my part – here he meant what I could do for him, how I could make him happy – I could come out the door on time and not keep him waiting. Also I could wear something lovely, he said. ‘Not trousers. Something lovely. Some feminine, womanly, elegant, nice dress.’
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Chef Quotes in Milkman
The Milkman quotes below are all either spoken by Chef or refer to Chef. 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 6
Quotes
He said then that for as long as I remained living in the family home, he’d call up to my door but wait outside and that I was to go to him. He said then he’d call at seven the following night in one of his cars. ‘Not this,’ he added, dismissing the van, mentioning instead one of those alpha-numericals. For my part – here he meant what I could do for him, how I could make him happy – I could come out the door on time and not keep him waiting. Also I could wear something lovely, he said. ‘Not trousers. Something lovely. Some feminine, womanly, elegant, nice dress.’
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