I think Esther's learnt inoffensiveness as a survival technique. We do get glimpses of her internal life - e.g. the later conversation with Nicola re singing - but not all that much. Staff conversations on Nicola's form or even conversations by those who aren't in the inner circle might be interesting.
It had only struck me re-reading this book for this read-through that there were parallels between the breakup between Nicola and Esther, and that of Patrick and Ginty. I'll be looking out for more when the chapters come up.
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Re: Religion and sitting like bookends
Date: 2015-02-25 12:55 pm (UTC)It had only struck me re-reading this book for this read-through that there were parallels between the breakup between Nicola and Esther, and that of Patrick and Ginty. I'll be looking out for more when the chapters come up.