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Elizabeth

This childhood friend of the author's represented an idealized version of who the author wanted to be at that time.

Hava

The author looked up to and admired this anorexia patient on the author's ward as the sort of epitome of poise and beauty.

Chestnut Lodge

This mental health treatment facility became an object of scorn and revenge for the patient Aviv profiles who spent time there in the 1970s.

Ray's Autobiography

This book took on an out-sized importance and came to symbolize its subject's egotism and self-centeredness.

Ray's Dialysis Business

This entity became symbolic of a main person's fall from grace, success, and financial stability.

Bapu's In-Laws

These relatives of a main person's symbolize the unfair treatment many Indian women had to endure at the hands of their spouse's family.

Bapu's Temples That She Visited Regularly

These sites became places of refuge for a main person...

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