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Jackie is a young woman who is left to pick up the pieces, financially and emotionally, when her mother dies after a long illness. She is joined by her estranged, older half-sister Mary, who, still processing her feelings about her mother, was unable to arrive until after that parent’s death. Looking for a way out from under her mountain of debt, Jackie tries to sell a stamp collection which her mother left behind, but runs into trouble when Mary declares it belongs to her, an inheritance from
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Mary: Oh! It’s so dark, I didn’t know you were in here. What are you doing in the dark?
Jackie: Thinking.
Mary: Thinking. That sounds so mysterious. What are you thinking about?
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Jackie: It’s not yours --
Mary: It is mine --
Jackie: You come in here, you act like you know something, like you have rights, you don’t know anything and you have no rights. You left. The f%$#ing apocalypse fell on this family and YOU LEFT. And as a consequence I’ve earned these f$@*ing stamps and I’m going to sell them. And if you think you’re going to stop me? You’ll lose.
Rebeck, Theresa. Mauritius. Samuel French, New York, NY. 2008. pp. 39-45.
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