Half and Half

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Rose’s mother’s item for church

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small leatherette Bible

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Rose's certainty about the Bible's location

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Mother's poor housekeeping, Bible still clean after 20 years

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Decision-making in Rose's marriage

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Initially husband decided everything; after malpractice lawsuit, he wanted her to decide.

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Rose's view on 'faith'

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An illusion of control

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Rose’s mother’s book: The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates

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Children's dangers based on birthdates

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Rose and her mother after brother's drowning

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Went back to the beach to try to find him.

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Rose’s mother threw her blue sapphire ring into the water

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To divert the Coiling Dragon for her son’s release

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Rose’s mother threw an inner tube into the water

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to locate her lost son

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Rose's emotion when mother stopped searching for Bing

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blinding anger

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Brother's name in erasable pencil

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Under 'Deaths' in the Bible