Anne Donavon

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“Find sumphn that cheers him up a wee bit

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“Coloured cardboard and felties”

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“Right neat wee card for ma daddy wi a Christmas tree and a robe and bit of holly on it”

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“Everthin to life, gleamin and glistern agin the flat cardboard”

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“Wis pure brilliant”

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“Wis like the difference between a Christmas tree skinkling wi fairy lights an wan lyin deid an daurk in a corner”

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Dad was “dead chuffed”

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Dad says card” fair brightens up this room hen”

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Clare says her father is”really sick”

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Asbestos “ comes fae a Greek word that means indestructible[…] they cried it the funeral dress of kings”

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After her dads work he was “his hair and his claes clartit wi it”

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Books about asbestos “tae try and understaun it for the compensation case”

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Making the card “a different way a daein it almost by accident”
The glitter was “finer and lighter”
Her dad replies “lovely, Clare. It’s more… subtle”
Clare explains to her father about the teacher saying “subtle”

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“ ah showed him the middle finger of ma right haun, which was thick wi it solid gold, then prsessed down on his palm. The imprint of ma finger left sparkly wee trails a light”

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Clare describes her father having “ terrible colour”
“Hollow cheecks”
He manages a “ wavery wee smile’
He agrees” aye, hen. Subtle”

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Donnas big brother claims”it wis ok tae steal ooty shops cos they made such big profits that they were really stealing affy us”
Clare respects her father “stealin is stealin”

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Clare wants to buy glitter pens so she was “all week ah wis starvin for ah only hud an apple or biscuit ma ma tied me fur a playpiece”

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When she told her dad passed away she felt she “knew it wis comin”
Clare describes”coldness”that
“Shot through me till ah felt ma bones shivern”
She sits with him and felt she wants “tae dad sumphn fur him”

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On the funeral she dresses in “a red skirt no a zip-up jacket wi red tights tae match”
Her auntie Pauline tells her that “ you cannae wear red to a funeral”

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Clare was very upset but changes into her grey school skirt and sweatshirt and her navy-blue coat. She thinks they make her look a “dull drab figure”

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Clare is seen as a positive character as
“glistery”
“Sparkled”
“Gleamed”
‘Glowin”

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As a Child her father “used tae kid on he wis a ghost” when he was “stripping oot buildings”

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Clare’s mother looses wight through the stress of her husbands illness, her ring used to be “that tight she couldnae get it aff”

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Once her father passes away her mother tells her “fur the best, no fur us but fur yer daddy” who “wis in a lot of pain. Her mother wanted him to be “at peace”

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Clare’s mother is distant after the death clare feels “she wis haudin me away fae her” she describes her mothers smile as “watery” and “far-away”

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Aunt Pauline is focused on supporting Clare’s mother and dwells Clare not to “disturb your mother o a day like this” she says “ ah don’t want to hear another word aboot this
She also tells clare “you’re no a baby, it’s time you grew up and showed some consideration for other folk”