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In the 28th episode of All in Good Storytime, we discuss White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi up to the section "Jennifer Silver." In these chapters, we are introduced to the Silver family, composed of twins Miranda and Eliot, recently deceased mother Lily, and father Luc. Together they run a bed and breakfast in England. Miranda suffers from pica, a disorder characterized by the appetite for non-nutritional substances, and following the death of her mother, her condition is worsened and she is briefly hospitalized in a psychiatric facility. It is also clear that other Silver women have had this disorder and have been generally mentally unwell.
We begin by discussing how pica is not a quirky character trait and regardless of any supernatural elements, witches, or ghosts, Miranda is going to die from an intestinal obstruction. We examine the role of the House as a sentient narrator as well as to what end it is communicating with the other characters in the story. We end by theorizing that Miranda will eat the house.
We begin by discussing how pica is not a quirky character trait and regardless of any supernatural elements, witches, or ghosts, Miranda is going to die from an intestinal obstruction. We examine the role of the House as a sentient narrator as well as to what end it is communicating with the other characters in the story. We end by theorizing that Miranda will eat the house.
Next week, we will be reading from section "Jennifer Silver" up to (not through) section "Sade" of White is for Witching
by Helen Oyeyemi.
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