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Brakey’s Mother
Eric Larwood is the father of Agnes, Margaret, and their brothers. A former shop steward at the meatworks, Eric used to drink heavily and would frequently physically abuse his wife, causing a commotion and forcing his family to flee next door to the Brakey household. The closure of the meatworks resulted in Eric’s unemployment. While he successfully quit drinking and found religion, he became a shell of himself, sitting at home in silence; the departure of his favorite daughter, Margaret, further devastated him. Eric dies when the Larwood house burns down, though it is unclear whether he cannot get out or just refuses to.
Eric Larwood Quotes in The Turning
The The Turning quotes below are all either spoken by Eric Larwood or refer to Eric Larwood. 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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Cockleshell
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Brakey has the rest of his life to remember Agnes Larwood and the hunger he had for her those weeks the year he turned fifteen. He’ll live to see Cockleshell disappear altogether and the luxury estate, Spinnaker Waters, take its place. Until she dies, his poor lonely mother will punctuate all talk of human affairs with the tart summation that they all leave in you in the end. Yet he often wonders about Eric Larwood, the man who wouldn’t leave. They dragged the charred shell of him out on a vinyl sheet. Agnes and her family bedded down one last time at Brakey’s place but nobody slept. Next day the Welfare people came and they were never seen in town again.
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Eric Larwood Quotes in The Turning
The The Turning quotes below are all either spoken by Eric Larwood or refer to Eric Larwood. 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:
).
Cockleshell
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Brakey has the rest of his life to remember Agnes Larwood and the hunger he had for her those weeks the year he turned fifteen. He’ll live to see Cockleshell disappear altogether and the luxury estate, Spinnaker Waters, take its place. Until she dies, his poor lonely mother will punctuate all talk of human affairs with the tart summation that they all leave in you in the end. Yet he often wonders about Eric Larwood, the man who wouldn’t leave. They dragged the charred shell of him out on a vinyl sheet. Agnes and her family bedded down one last time at Brakey’s place but nobody slept. Next day the Welfare people came and they were never seen in town again.
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