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Beatrice and her two daughters, Ruth and Tillie, live in a dilapidated old home in rural America that once housed their vegetable shop. Since its closing, and since the death of the Beatrice’s husband, their lives have fallen into a shambles. Poor and destitute, they survive on meager wages from in-home elder care. Beatrice’s relationship with her daughters is harsh and often biting and mean, but she offers sensitivity when her older daughter Ruth appears as if she might have one of her
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Start: Beatrice: There, now, nobody’s after you. Nice and easy. Breathe deeply… Did the big bad man come after my little girl? That big bad bogey man? Now that wasn’t so bad, was it?
End: Beatrice: What’s left for me, Ruth?
Ruth: What, Mama?
Beatrice: What’s left for me?
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Zindel, Paul, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Harper Trophy, 2005, pp 42-53.
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