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Originally Posted by Catlady
Wow, what a life to look forward to. [...]
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But it's not news. It's not a reason for this story. That's why I was comparing Grace's situation to what she might have expected (what her mother endured, what Mary endured, what Rachel endured) against what Atwood presents in this book. Good job, good prospects, able to stand up for herself against men like McDermott, so according to the possibilities of the times, life was pretty good for Grace at the time of the murders.
It feels to me that Atwood has highlighted this aspect of Grace's situation, deliberately making sure we understand that if Grace was involved in the murder it was
not because she had been driven to it by extreme (for the times) circumstances.