Cloudstreet

actually see what she thinks a mother should be like. An example of Roses resentment towards Dolly is whilst Rose was tidying the house if she found any bottles of alcohol she would pour them down the sink. " She didn't do it to curb the old girls drinking – she did it in glee, out of spite. It gave her the most marvellous, tingly feeling to see it go down the gurgler." (pg 142). Rose also develops an eating disorder, she begins to weaken and even fade. She may not have developed this problem if her relationship with her mother was different. "Yer getting skinny. Look like a bloody skeleton. I hate it. People think we starve yer. Rose said nothing. It somehow pleased her to know that it annoyed the old girl." (pg 143). Thi
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