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Iris McDermott
Violet McDermott and her sister Iris live together and, along with their adopted children—Norma Sockalexis, Emily, and Scotty—form one of the main families on Apple Island. Violet is pale, while Iris has darker skin. The two of them make a living doing laundry on the island. Neither of the sisters ever married or even had serious suitors. Violet is calmer than Iris.
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The This Other Eden quotes below are all either spoken by Violet McDermott or refer to Violet McDermott. 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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Violet had milky skin and tightly curled burnished-copper red hair that flared red beneath the sun and fuller moons, and had her parents’ broad nose, across which dry dark freckles were speckled. Her mouth was full, like her parents’ as well, her lips pale. Her eyes were the color of greening copper. Iris had her parents’ acorn dark skin, but the narrow nose and thin lips of her Irish ancestors persisted in her face, as did their hair, which she inherited straight and black.
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Violet McDermott Quotes in This Other Eden
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Violet had milky skin and tightly curled burnished-copper red hair that flared red beneath the sun and fuller moons, and had her parents’ broad nose, across which dry dark freckles were speckled. Her mouth was full, like her parents’ as well, her lips pale. Her eyes were the color of greening copper. Iris had her parents’ acorn dark skin, but the narrow nose and thin lips of her Irish ancestors persisted in her face, as did their hair, which she inherited straight and black.
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