https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/queenie Made with an open mind en-us 2016-08-29 17:09:09 UTC 2017-05-17 10:27:15 UTC hello@padlet.com l_bean1999 https://padlet.com/l_bean1999/queenie/wish/120373691 -Begins the novel with the prologue
-Does not dominate the beginning of novel
-Finds black people to be more entrancing and intriguing than anything
-Daughter of a butcher and high class mother
-Had three brothers
-Became a vegetarian when witnessing her father butchering an animal
-First experiences a black man when at the Empire Exhibition
-Christened Victoria as the priest deemed Queenie to be too common
-Taken away with her mother's sister to be made into a well respected high class woman
-Spent many years helping her aunt in her sweet shop where she met Bernard
-Married to Bernard although not fond of him
-Almost lifeless sex
-Struggles to get pregnant and told to enjoy it by the doctor
-Takes care of Bernard's dad
-Bernard signs up for the war
-Has an affair with Michael Roberts and becomes pregnant
-Caught in an explosion (house that looked like a doll's house)
-Moves in with parents
-Befriend's Gilbert when introduced by Arthur
-Returns to London
-Lets out the house to mainly black people after the death of Arthur
-Criticised but ignores the negative attention
-Allows Gilbert to become a tenant
-Tries to befriend Hortense
-Shocked at the sight of Bernard when returning from shop
-Fights for her voice and others'
-Keeps her distance from Bernard
-Gives birth and urgently explains to Bernard
-Pleads to Gilbert and Hortense to take her baby


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