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Robbie Cormier
Laney Thacker is Peter Chamberlain’s co-anchor at the news station. She has a four-year-old daughter, Bella, who is cute, graceful, and quiet—the exact opposite of Briar. Laney is a kind and supportive woman who goes out of her way to make Alix feel welcome in Philadelphia. Nevertheless, Alix finds Laney to be overly friendly, corny, and unsophisticated compared to her New York friends. Though Alix isn’t overt in her feelings about Laney, Emira can sense that Alix dislikes and looks down on Laney, and she doesn’t think it speaks well of Alix’s character—she’s seen how hard Laney has tried to be kind to Alix and views Alix’s disdain as catty and cruel. Toward the end of the novel, on the morning of the WNFT Morning News interview Laney is holding at the Chamberlains’ house, Alix makes a joke at Laney’s expense, and this is what sends Emira over the edge and compels her to announce her resignation and humiliate Alix on live TV. Still, though, Laney is hardly blameless—it’s Laney to whom Alix releases the Market Depot footage. And then, not only does Laney ensure that the footage spreads to the right people, but she also makes sure that she’s first in line for an interview with Alix and Emira. She also claims that releasing the footage is in everyone’s best interest, since it lets Laney have her interview, it gives Emira the chance to save her reputation, and it gives Alix the chance to plug her upcoming book. So, while Laney is friendly and supportive and aspires to do the right thing, she—like so many of the book’s well-intentioned white characters—allows self-interest and privilege to corrupt her good intentions.
Laney Thacker Quotes in Such a Fun Age
The Such a Fun Age quotes below are all either spoken by Laney Thacker or refer to Laney Thacker. 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 9
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Whenever Alix was afraid that Emira was mad at her, she came back to the same line of thought: Oh God, did she finally see what Peter said on the news? No, she couldn’t have. She’s always like this, right? Emira came upstairs as Alix finished washing her hands.
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Chapter 23
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Tamra’s eyes went small in an exaggerated and confident expression. “Oh girl, yes,” she said. “One hundred percent. This is probably the best thing to ever happen to Emira.”
Chapter 25
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“Everybody wins with this,” Laney promised her. “Emira gets to clear her name. Peter’s little mix-up will be smoothed over. And you’ll get to come back into the spotlight a bit. And don’t worry, I know exactly how to plug your book without plugging your book. You know what I mean.”
She chose you. Emira and Kelley are no longer together. Stay with it, Alix. You’re almost there.
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Laney Thacker Quotes in Such a Fun Age
The Such a Fun Age quotes below are all either spoken by Laney Thacker or refer to Laney Thacker. 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 9
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Whenever Alix was afraid that Emira was mad at her, she came back to the same line of thought: Oh God, did she finally see what Peter said on the news? No, she couldn’t have. She’s always like this, right? Emira came upstairs as Alix finished washing her hands.
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Chapter 23
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Tamra’s eyes went small in an exaggerated and confident expression. “Oh girl, yes,” she said. “One hundred percent. This is probably the best thing to ever happen to Emira.”
Chapter 25
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“Everybody wins with this,” Laney promised her. “Emira gets to clear her name. Peter’s little mix-up will be smoothed over. And you’ll get to come back into the spotlight a bit. And don’t worry, I know exactly how to plug your book without plugging your book. You know what I mean.”
She chose you. Emira and Kelley are no longer together. Stay with it, Alix. You’re almost there.
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