When Will There Be Good News- Quotes
Trauma/ Past Family Lies/ Deception Appearance vs Reality
“The jug hit him in the side “One of the mothers “Reggie had never told Dr “Then Jackson Brodie
of the head… in a speed approached him… If you’re Hunter about her mother climbed back in his vehicle
Joanna could only admire” planning on harming one of about how she was dead” and started the engine”
these children, I will beat you
to a pulp with my bare
hands”
Admiration of her mother We find this violence Wants to pretend to be The delayed revelation of
despite violent traumatic admirable due to the ‘normal’ Brodie’s identity gives a
event shows her childhood mother’s protection of the sinister chapter
naivety in a way she could children- mirrors Needler
not understand. case
“Their mother was cut down “The-Man-That-Came-Before- “Reggie made up her “no obvious evidence of Mr.
where she stood the great Gary- one he wasn’t married mother, she was called Jackie Hunter’s sticky patch”
silver carving through her and two, he didn’t leer at and worked at a checkout at
heart as if slicing butchers’ Reggie every time he saw the supermarket”
meat” her.”
Violence as a motif Dysfunctional Family Lies to be ‘normal’ His crime is hidden from
readers and thus created an
intrigue.
“… following her feelings “School gates ogling all the “’weapon’ ‘A tube of Trebor “weight of the sadness might
when she went off on holiday girls with their good haircuts Mints’” be too much for Dr Hunter to
with Gary and look what and nice families” bear”
happened there”
Reggie as this puts Frequent theme of The pretend ‘weapon’ that Reggie’s irony in not knowing
intelligence over feelings. dysfunctionality in family Billy has creates a high Dr Hunter’s trauma means
could support nurture. intensity moment that is that she lies to conceal her
ultimately not real. past to herself as well.
“Flaws could never be fixed. “And he wanted a son “She did not want Dr Hunter “being police was just the
She was the golden bowl, because he was a man” to think of her as anything obverse of being criminal,
sooner or later the crack but cheerfully competent” after all”
would show. And who would
pick up the pieces”
Trauma/ Past Family Lies/ Deception Appearance vs Reality
“The jug hit him in the side “One of the mothers “Reggie had never told Dr “Then Jackson Brodie
of the head… in a speed approached him… If you’re Hunter about her mother climbed back in his vehicle
Joanna could only admire” planning on harming one of about how she was dead” and started the engine”
these children, I will beat you
to a pulp with my bare
hands”
Admiration of her mother We find this violence Wants to pretend to be The delayed revelation of
despite violent traumatic admirable due to the ‘normal’ Brodie’s identity gives a
event shows her childhood mother’s protection of the sinister chapter
naivety in a way she could children- mirrors Needler
not understand. case
“Their mother was cut down “The-Man-That-Came-Before- “Reggie made up her “no obvious evidence of Mr.
where she stood the great Gary- one he wasn’t married mother, she was called Jackie Hunter’s sticky patch”
silver carving through her and two, he didn’t leer at and worked at a checkout at
heart as if slicing butchers’ Reggie every time he saw the supermarket”
meat” her.”
Violence as a motif Dysfunctional Family Lies to be ‘normal’ His crime is hidden from
readers and thus created an
intrigue.
“… following her feelings “School gates ogling all the “’weapon’ ‘A tube of Trebor “weight of the sadness might
when she went off on holiday girls with their good haircuts Mints’” be too much for Dr Hunter to
with Gary and look what and nice families” bear”
happened there”
Reggie as this puts Frequent theme of The pretend ‘weapon’ that Reggie’s irony in not knowing
intelligence over feelings. dysfunctionality in family Billy has creates a high Dr Hunter’s trauma means
could support nurture. intensity moment that is that she lies to conceal her
ultimately not real. past to herself as well.
“Flaws could never be fixed. “And he wanted a son “She did not want Dr Hunter “being police was just the
She was the golden bowl, because he was a man” to think of her as anything obverse of being criminal,
sooner or later the crack but cheerfully competent” after all”
would show. And who would
pick up the pieces”
