43 pages • 1 hour read
Jennifer EganManhattan Beach
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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How does Egan portray father-daughter relationships in her novel? Why do Eddie and Dexter both rely on their daughters in business yet fear what their daughters are becoming?
Describe the tension between the reinforcement and subversion of traditional gender roles in Egan’s novel. How does a character like Anna straddle both worlds?
Anna and her father have different perceptions of the sea. How do these initial perceptions foreshadow the events to come?
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