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Aunt Edith is Uncle Geordie’s wife; aunt to Dad and his siblings; and great-aunt to Lisa, Jimmy, Tab, and Erica. She refuses to let old age or arthritis slow her down or prevent her from participating in family chores like fishing or baking bread. She stays with Lisa in the immediate aftermath of Jimmy’s disappearance and busies herself (and expresses care) by cooking and cleaning Lisa’s house.
Aunt Edith Quotes in Monkey Beach
The Monkey Beach quotes below are all either spoken by Aunt Edith or refer to Aunt Edith. 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 1: Love Like the Ocean
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Ba-ba-oo had lost his arm in the Second World War, at Verrières Ridge. When he came home, he couldn’t get the money he thought he should get form Veterans Affairs because they said Indian Affairs were taking care of him. Indian Affairs said if he wanted the same benefits as a white vet, he should move off reserve and give up his status. If he did that, they’d lose their house and by this time, they had three children and my dad, Albert, was on the way.
“Geordie and Edith helped as much as they could,” Mick had told me […] “But they had their own family. My father worked hard all his life, and now he would say things like, ‘Agnes, I’m useless.’ She didn’t know what to do.”
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Aunt Edith Quotes in Monkey Beach
The Monkey Beach quotes below are all either spoken by Aunt Edith or refer to Aunt Edith. 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 1: Love Like the Ocean
Quotes
Ba-ba-oo had lost his arm in the Second World War, at Verrières Ridge. When he came home, he couldn’t get the money he thought he should get form Veterans Affairs because they said Indian Affairs were taking care of him. Indian Affairs said if he wanted the same benefits as a white vet, he should move off reserve and give up his status. If he did that, they’d lose their house and by this time, they had three children and my dad, Albert, was on the way.
“Geordie and Edith helped as much as they could,” Mick had told me […] “But they had their own family. My father worked hard all his life, and now he would say things like, ‘Agnes, I’m useless.’ She didn’t know what to do.”
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