reading

1.  At the end of the sixth chapter, Nomi says that her mother’s “silent raging against the simplisticness of this town…could produce…earthquakes all over the world.” However, Nomi also sees that “there is kindness here, a complicated kindness” (46). Explain why Nomi describes the kindness as complicated 

2. Nomi sometimes goes to visit her friend Lydia in the hospital.  Describe Lydia’s character. What do you think is wrong with Lydia?