talking to the dead

somehow complicated. One is three years older than the other, they play their

roles perfectly between sister and sister. When they were young, the younger one

almost obeyed whatever the older said with no objection:

"and she knelt down and puts her arms round me, mouthing over my head to our father, 'Neen wanted it to be a girl.' I'd wanted nothing, but I hid my face in Isabel's shirt…."

As child, they seem to fit in the game "mother- daughter": "this time I lay passive, staring up at her while she patted me to sleep, the way we patted our dolls." (Dunmore_61). Such relationship can be reflected not just in the past, but in what they acknowledge in the present as well. Yesterday they shared so many memories together: the beach, the picnic, even the curiosity about their Mom's giving birth to the little brother, Colin: " What's it like, having the baby ? I asked Isabel, and she wrinkled her nose, remembering. Noisy, she said at last." ( Dunmore_ 58).Yet today they also share their knowledge for each other which is a secret nobody knows, but them. What is the message the author want to tell

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Approximate Word count = 2325
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)