83įollowing her accident, Cadence becomes aware of the possibility that she has lost sections of her memory. She will be unable to piece together a coherent story of the trauma. When there’s damage to the brain, it’s not uncommon for a patient to forget stuff.
If I google traumatic brain injury, most websites tell me selective amnesia is a consequence. In contrast to the image of perfection the Sinclair family tries to uphold, they are dysfunctional, repressed, wounded, and defeated. By the end of the novel, the reader will learn that Cadence herself is actually a criminal and an addict, and her mother and aunts view themselves as failures. However, by defining her family members by what they are not, Cadence signals to the reader that she is being ironic, and that these traits, far from being absent, in fact define their family. In the opening sentences of We Were Liars, Cadence introduces the reader to her family, declaring their virtues. Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family.
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