antigone
...(“our neighbors, the O’Dwyers had had a gazebo. I had grown up jealous for one.”) which is the most comforting place in her home away from earth. From above, she sees how the presence of grief fractures the strong love between her mother and siblings, and witnesses the struggles with changes that tear through, subside and eventually ripple through their lives. The presence of ironic twists are numerous, but most note-worthy is the death of Susie’s killer Mr. Harvey. Things like Susie choosing an icicle as a murder weapon during a game and a character later being killed by a falling icicle force readers to pay attention to the small details as they read and reread. One of the main ideas in the story is that of Susie helping her father with his bottled ships. She reflects on how she used to hold the bottle steady while he burned the string used to raise the masts inside the bottle. As the story progresses, Susie’s father begins using wooden stands to hold his bottles instead of her, whi...