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Once in a House on Fire (lorraine)

The actions of Lorraine make her a fascinating Character in Andrea Ashworths’s memoir ‘Once in a House on Fire’. Lorraine renounces her maternal role, is reliant on her abusive partners, and is naïve and trusting. Although attractive and infinitely loved by her three daughters, she suffers from low self esteem and bouts of depression. These factors combine to make Lorraine an interesting personality.

The Untimely death of Andrea’s father, Anthony Clarke, left Lorraine a widow with two children at 25. She hastily enters a relationship with an abusive man, Peter Hawkins and it is only after repeated outbreaks of violence, in which Lorraine’s face had been left, “smacked scarlet” or “punched purple” that Lorraine finally attempts to distance her family from the violence. Lorraine’s willingness to put her family in danger is evidence of her reliance on men. Following the departure of Peter Hawkins, Lorraine meets her third partner Terry. “Out of the frying pan and...

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