**Would you have responded differently than Alicia when Chloe first came home saying she and Thomas were going to get married?**
**Would you have responded differently than Alicia when Chloe first came home saying she and Thomas were going to get married?**
“Mom is a dummy head. I’m not a dummy head.” On pages 9-10 we hear Chloe’s voice for the first time. What did you think about how the author tries to include Chloe’s perspective?
.**When the book opens, do you feel that Alicia is giving Chloe the independence she needs/deserves? If not, give an example.** Questions with ** are taken from the “Discussion Questions” chapter in the book.
“It [bra] makes her feel like a woman, I think, instead of the child she will always be.” P. 4 Chloe is 25 but her mother describes her as a perpetual child. What would you say to Alicia if she…