5/12/2023 0 Comments Tangerine mangan![]() ![]() ![]() The same with Alice who is shown as a great manipulator, is she also confusing the reader? The setting and era This makes for a unique read from her perspective as the reader is not sure if she’s an unreliable narrator or not. Since Alice’s parents died, she’s struggles with the concept of reality. And when Alice meets a boy in college, everything shifts for the two of them. The women immediately bonded when they found out they’re both orphans but while Alice felt comfort in friendship, Lucy’s feelings for Alice were much stronger. While they both recount their college years, it’s interesting to read just how different they felt their interactions were and what they meant. Mangan writes from the first-person perspectives of Alice and Lucy, alternating between chapters. But then John disappears and Alice starts to question everything, even her own sanity. This allows Alice to let her guard down for a moment at least. While hesitant at first to Lucy’s arrival, Alice becomes envious of how easy Lucy blends into the scene at Tangier. The roommates had a falling out in college but that’s all we know at the beginning. Then we meet Lucy Mason, Alice’s college roommate from Bennington, who arrives in Tangier from New York City for one purpose: to be near Alice again. ![]() It also seems her husband John is insensitive to Alice’s mental health concerns. terrify her resulting in her becoming agoraphobic. Protagonist Alice Shipley is living in Tangier with her husband John. ![]()
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