I used to judge the mom in our last book pick all wrong

In 'The Quiet Year', I saw the mother as cold for sending her kid away. Our book club had a big talk about her choices last meeting. A friend mentioned how her own mom did something similar during a tough patch. She brought up the part where the mom works double shifts to pay for school. That detail made me notice the sacrifice, not the distance. Now I feel she was doing her best with what she had. It really shifted how I read the whole story.

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hugo5026m ago

My uncle worked nights for years and we thought he was just avoiding family dinners. Turns out he was paying off my cousin's medical bills all along.