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There's a sequel to the book, ''Little Altars Everywhere,'' in which the child abuse is a lot more sexualized and egregious. Arguably a [[Downer Ending]]: The point seems to be that while Siddalee has gotten past her childhood and used it to grow ... she's got three siblings who are yet to have such experiences. |
There's a sequel to the book, ''Little Altars Everywhere,'' in which the child abuse is a lot more sexualized and egregious. Arguably a [[Downer Ending]]: The point seems to be that while Siddalee has gotten past her childhood and used it to grow ... she's got three siblings who are yet to have such experiences. |
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: ''Oh Jesus and how.'' In the central instance Siddalee is stripped and beaten to the point of wetting herself; ''Little Altars Everywhere'' makes it clear that dear Momma was [[Parental Incest|shtupping]] the youngest son, Baylor, and heavily implies that she was either [[Fetish Fuel|getting off]] on the beatings she was dealing out or trying to [[Victim Falls For Rapist|make things better]]. |
* [[Abusive Parents]]: ''Oh Jesus and how.'' In the central instance Siddalee is stripped and beaten to the point of wetting herself; ''Little Altars Everywhere'' makes it clear that dear Momma was [[Parental Incest|shtupping]] the youngest son, Baylor, and heavily implies that she was either [[Fetish Fuel|getting off]] on the beatings she was dealing out or trying to [[Victim Falls For Rapist|make things better]]. |
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* [[American Accents]]: The oh-so-British Dame Maggie Smith with a gen-u-wine magnolia matron accent strong enough to inspire cognitive dissonance. |
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: In the book, Vivi and Sidda finish the book laughing and crying on a porch swing, and tacitly acknowledge their past with a ritual exchange of tears. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. |
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: In the book, Vivi and Sidda finish the book laughing and crying on a porch swing, and tacitly acknowledge their past with a ritual exchange of tears. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. |
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* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]: As a teenager, Vivi is sent to a harrowing religious school where toilet paper is rationed, food is gruel and she is left passed out on a dirty bathroom floor while a prefect reports her for being wasteful. |
* [[Boarding School of Horrors]]: As a teenager, Vivi is sent to a harrowing religious school where toilet paper is rationed, food is gruel and she is left passed out on a dirty bathroom floor while a prefect reports her for being wasteful. |
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