The point was that Rosalie wished that she had not given Marcie 'The Notebook Trilogy' to read.
-- Narrator (Wednesday's Child)

Importance: Throughout "Wednesday's Child," Rosalie tries to figure out what she might have done to cause her daughter Marcie's death by suicide. Once she remembers giving Marcie "The Notebook Trilogy" and recalls Marcie's response to the text, she identifies the book as the cause of her daughter's fate. In reality, Rosalie is simply trying to understand the illogical nature of Marcie's passing and her own role as Marcie's mother. The line conveys the complexities of Rosalie's mothering experience, and her lingering guilt and grief.

It was a sad thing that Rosalie's mother, who had loved her, had loved only with cruelty . . .
-- Narrator (Wednesday's Child)

Importance: In "Wednesday's Child," Rosalie devotes large swaths of her narrative to comparing and contrasting her relationship with her mother to her relationship with her daughter. The parallels and dichotomies between these relationships complicate...