How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"You don't think you are," said Andrea. "You think you're doing the right thing, sleeping with the father of your children, because you want everyone to be together. And then one decade goes past, and another, and you realize that nobody else would ever want you, and you've wasted all this time sticking with something that any sane person would have got out of years before." (19.118)
As Andrea scolds Alicia and Sam for sleeping together, we realize there's more to the story. It's not just that she's ticked at her daughter for jumping into bed with a guy, she's also mad that Alicia is repeating Andrea's mistakes. We should point out that Andrea hints at the fact that she's only really with her husband because they had kids together. Ouch.