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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Makkai, Rebecca. The Great Believers. 2018. Viking Books, Print.

• The novel opens with the scene of a wake celebrating Nico's life.

• Nico, one of Yale’s friends, has died of AIDS, though his family refuses to admit this fact.

• Per Nico’s deathbed request, the group throws a party in honor of Nico’s life at their friend Richard's house.

• Fiona, Nico’s sister, is at the wake with Nico's friends, rather than at the Nico's church funeral with her family.

• Narration from Yale's point of view states that though Fiona was the younger sibling, Nico had always introduced her as "the lady that raised" (3) him.

• At the age of 15, Nico was cut off by his family, ostensibly due to his sexual orientation.

• Starting at the age of 11, Fiona had taken multiple trains in...

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