![]() ![]() ![]() Face to face, he felt a strange kinship with the emaciated, shaven-headed psychiatric patient, because he recognized the same craving for order in himself. Strike, who had met countless rootless and neglected children during his rackety, unstable childhood, recognized in Billy's imploring expression a last plea to the adult world, to do what grown ups were meant to do, and impose order on chaos, substitute sanity for brutality. ![]() The skin and bone might have aged, but his face betrayed the fear and hopelessness of a small, motherless child whose sanity has been broken by the men who were supposed to protect him. At the end of the chapter, we get this absolute gem:īut Billy didn't move. In chapter 56, Strike goes to interview Billy Knight in the mental hospital. Why is there so much pressure on mothers and why is everyone so quick to attack women who maybe struggling? I'm a mom, and I confess, being a bad mom is one of my deepest fears. Your failings are really our failings, aren't they? Because the proper role of the woman is carer, and there's nothing lower in this whole world than a bad mother?ĭo you agree/disagree? I'd say bad moms are above pedophiles and rapists, but they are certainly at the bottom. They discuss many things, including Geriant Winn's overall sketchiness/grossness. In chapter 54, Strike goes to interview Della Winn. Two passages stood out to me, and I'd love to talk about them. I finally finished re-reading Lethal White! I miss my childhood days of having nothing to do but read. ![]()
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