... mother as her idol, her heroine and they have a good, strong relationship despite her being adopted. For example Jeanette describes an event in which they sing hymns together, she says her 'Mother sang the tune and [she] put in the harmonies' Although this is true literally, this could also ... their own emotions thus having to lean on each other, however I would argue that without these shelter figures both men and women would struggle as in my opinion this ability to support another person shows a woman's strength. When speaking to Helen, Jane 'pour[s] out' her 'tale ofsu...

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