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Harry, Miles, and Joe Curren’s aunt. Aunty Jean is Granddad’s daughter, Mum’s sister, and Uncle Nick’s wife, and is crushed with grief after these three loved ones pass away. Jean becomes resentful of Dad, whom she blames for Nick’s death, forcing him to take out a loan to buy her late husband’s share of the family fishing boat. Aunty Jean also takes out her pain on Joe, to whom Granddad left his house, contesting the will in order to take back the home that she believes is rightfully hers as Granddad’s daughter. This selfish act creates a rift between Jean and the Curren brothers, who view their aunt as a mean-spirted, stuffy old woman and dread the time they are forced to spend with her.
Aunty Jean Quotes in Past the Shallows
The Past the Shallows quotes below are all either spoken by Aunty Jean or refer to Aunty Jean. 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 13
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“What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do?”
And he heard her voice rise up, familiar tears.
“I grew up in that house, Miles. Don’t I deserve something?”
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Chapter 14
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But Harry stayed where he was. He stayed among the piles of Granddad’s things left on the lawn—all the things that were no longer needed, no longer useful—and he wished that Joe would stay.
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Chapter 27
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And it nearly made Harry cry now, the way Miles’s eyelid was all purple and cut—the bruise on the side of his face coming up bad. Harry put his hand in his pocket and felt for the sock that held his leftover money. He pulled it out.
“You should take this,” he said. “You might need it.”
Miles shook his head. “You keep it,” he said and he tried to smile.
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Aunty Jean Quotes in Past the Shallows
The Past the Shallows quotes below are all either spoken by Aunty Jean or refer to Aunty Jean. 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 13
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“What am I meant to do? What am I meant to do?”
And he heard her voice rise up, familiar tears.
“I grew up in that house, Miles. Don’t I deserve something?”
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Chapter 14
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But Harry stayed where he was. He stayed among the piles of Granddad’s things left on the lawn—all the things that were no longer needed, no longer useful—and he wished that Joe would stay.
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Chapter 27
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And it nearly made Harry cry now, the way Miles’s eyelid was all purple and cut—the bruise on the side of his face coming up bad. Harry put his hand in his pocket and felt for the sock that held his leftover money. He pulled it out.
“You should take this,” he said. “You might need it.”
Miles shook his head. “You keep it,” he said and he tried to smile.
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