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I think it depends on the person. We all handle grief differently. There were two significant factors that would have made Nora feel like a fish in a fishbowl. The first is the small town environment where everybody knows everybody's business. Secondly, I think that the experience was magnified because her husband would have been widely known as a school teacher. His sphere of influence would have been greater through his students (and often the public figure is perceived differently than the personal figure within the family). It affected me when Donal was having difficulty at school because he felt like his father's presence was still there.
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