Once in a House on Fire quotes

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Andrea's self image
"not posh enough"
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Effects of domestic abuse on Andrea
"I tried to flash things out of my eyes"
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Andrea's relationship with literature
"poetry is a box for your soul"
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Education
"knock-kneed deer"
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Andrea's relationship with fathers
"we hesitated over our hate"
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Andrea's relationship with her mother
"like a handcuff"
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Andrea's feelings about her home life
"it was hard to breathe"
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Mother's attitude towards men
"she was terrified of being lonely"
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Mother's attitude towards children
"she brings it on herself that one"
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Social attitudes to abuse
"no need for hysterics"
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Middle class world
"inhaled another life"
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Stepfathers' attitudes towards mother
"you make me sick"
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Stepfathers' attitudes towards education
"at my house, doing homework makes you a rebel"
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Stepfathers' attitudes towards middle class people
"snooty *****"
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The two worlds that tug at Andrea
"baked beans" and "kiwi fruit"
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Multicultural nature of society
"black, brown, mustardy, pink, sock white"
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The working class future that possibly awaits young Andrea
"Don't you wanna make loads of dosh"
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Tamsyn's family
"dear"
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Xaverian College
"what you had to say - and how wittily you could say it"
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Andrea's Comprehensive school
"inflict bruises on brainboxes"
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Card 2

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"I tried to flash things out of my eyes"

Back

Effects of domestic abuse on Andrea

Card 3

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"poetry is a box for your soul"

Back

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Card 4

Front

"knock-kneed deer"

Back

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Card 5

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"we hesitated over our hate"

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