How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
The house felt full and busy, my parents were more relaxed than they'd been in months, and my sisters were not only talking to each other but actually getting along. This sudden harmony was so unexpected it just made me seem that much more out of sorts. (17.2)
Whoa—things are a little strange in the Greene house. For the first time in forever, everyone's getting along and hanging out with each other. What gives?
Quote #8
Even my father was relaxed, clearly happy to have everyone together, under such better circumstances. It was a good thing, and yet I felt strangely disconnected. As if I were now a car on the street outside, slowing down the stare, with nothing in common at all but proximity, and barely that. (17.24)
Now that everyone is feeling closer to each other in the Greene family, Annabel can't help but feel like she's set herself apart—in a bad way. By not revealing her secrets, she's isolated herself from her family.
Quote #9
When that picture was taken, we were all gathered around my mother, sheltering her. But that was just one day, one shot. In the time since, we had arranged and rearranged ourselves so many times. (18.121)
Even in a family unit people can't have the exact same roles forever. Annabel finally gets that it's okay for her to ask for help too.