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Did her relationship with her older daughter go on the rocks?

posted 9 years ago by GuyOnTheLeft
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I'm trying to remember how much we saw them interact after the daughter called with the news that she found out she had the gene. Was there much at all between then and the appearance at the hospital to meet Alice's grandchildren?

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[–] zombifiedstorm 9 years ago

The book has so much more information than the movie.

[–] mmitchell355-2 9 years ago

I not sure why the older daughter seemed so cold in the movie. I love how the book ended, with both daughters taking care of their mother. Sure the younger daughter moved in, but the older daughter and the two grandchildren were a big part of Alice's care.

[–] hppg 9 years ago

Maybe I should read the book. Will it make me sad?

[–] mslady89 9 years ago

I remember her visiting and bringing groceries when she was about 8/9 months. We saw her sitting with her dad and brother talking about going to where the mayo clinic was. And when they had dinner at the house and were discussing going to the younger sister's play

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

Huh, okay. I still got the sense that she was like "great, thanks for giving this to me, Mom". Which is sort of understandable--but also, it's not really logical because otherwise she wouldn't even exist.

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[–] beja-4 9 years ago

Huh, okay. I still got the sense that she was like "great, thanks for giving this to me, Mom". Which is sort of understandable--but also, it's not really logical because otherwise she wouldn't even exist.

As the other poster said, she was visiting and bringing groceries when she was about 8/9 months long gone. But they didn't interact the way Lydia and Alice did, via Skype. I think that's how it normally was, before Alice got sick.

But I didn't interpret it as if Anna cut any contact, or blamed Alice for passing on the gene. One of the last scenes is when Alice and her husband are visiting Anna at the hospital, when she had given birth. Alice wanted to hold one of the twins, and Anna's husband was worried, but Anna said it was absolutely okay. It's a very sweet and heartbreaking scene.

[–] mmitchell355-2 8 years ago

The movie is told from Alice's point of view. Alice had problems with her memory, so who knows how much time she spent, with her, and Alice forgot. We only saw one scene, that wasn't from Alice's point of view. The daughter had a husband and career, than twins. So her life was full. In the book it was clear, she spent as much time as she could with her mom.

[–] hppg 8 years ago

Yeah, the older daughter wasn't portrayed so well in the film, she was more involved in real life. And was a bit smug but didn't bully the younger daughter as much as in the film. In the end they were obviously very close and both involved in the care e.g. when they were arguing with the father, both in pyjamas, or when the younger sister looks after the kids so the older sister can run down to the shop and get stuff and also gets chocolate. Seemed like a healthier sister relationship.