"I won't be a carer any more come the end of the year, and though I've got a lot out of it, I have to admit I'll welcome the chance to rest- to stop and think and remember."
Up until this point I found this book so very random, and a tad demented. I didn't quite understand the purpose of having a first person narrator, but this quote showed me that this book is a giant flashback, a memoir of sorts. Kathy H. is using this time, which she knows is the last bit of her life, to look back to her glory days, her days at Hailsham. This book is Kathy distracting herself from her future, vital organ donation, and looking back to what were the best days of her short life. She appreciates being a carer (whatever that is), but would rather take time to live in the past for awhile, before the donations were looming so closely over her head. This also leads me to believe that being a carer is not a pleasant job. I just can't really appreciate the author leaving out so many little things. I do love the satisfaction of figuring it out on my own, but I feel like I can't fully comprehend anything at this point. I feel like all of my conclusions could very well be wrong.
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