... comforting to others, Polly never complained and always had time to listen to other people. Not much was said about Cynthia except that she would have electric shock therapy once a week and would come back crying. Susanna randomly mentions encounters with other patients but they never stay fixed in the storyline. One such character was Wade, Georgina's boyfriend. Wade was seventeen ... Thanksgiving and stayed through Christmsas every year. Her two passions were laxatives and chicken. Every morning she would drum the nurse's station for her Colace or Ex-Lax and twice a week her father wo...

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• Grade Level: High School