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Chapter 21
1. "'Apparently,' he said, 'the earth's throat burps.'"
A burp happens when something that has been put into the digestive process returns briefly to the outer world, in a way that makes a surprising noise. While this statement is being made about the sinkhole, it also refers to all the details of Susie's existence after death: the world "burps" her back up briefly.
2. "And I thought of the mix of air that was our front yard, which was daylight, a queasy mother and a cop—it was a convergence of luck that had kept my sister safe so far....
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