“her life here in carricklea is over, and either a new life will begin, or it won’t. soon she will be packing things into suitcases: woolen jumpers, skirts, her two silk dresses. a set of teacups and saucers patterned with flowers. a hairdryer, a frying pan, four white cotton towels. a coffeepot. the objects of a new existence.” (67)