Minor characters are everywhere in novels. They linger with readers and invite us into the untold aspects of their lives. They fill a text's landscape, bringing

Minor characters are everywhere in novels. They linger with readers and invite us to infer into the untold aspects of their lives. They fill a text's landscape,

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Johnson's book is a personal memoir and a summation of the times, a story of adolescent rebellion and a desire to choose a different life. She shows how the Bea