The Swede would overhear Merry fighting with her...
The Swede would overhear Merry fighting with her every time the two of them were alone together for two minutes"Some people," Dawn says, "would be perfectly happy to have parents who are contented middle-class people
"I'm sorry I'm not brainwashed enough to be one of them," Merry replies"You're a sixteen-year-old girl," Dawn says, "and I can tell you what to do and I will tell you what to do
"Just because I'm sixteen doesn't make me a g-g-girl! I do what I w-w-want!"
"You're not antiwar," Dawn says, "you're anti everything
"And what are you, Mom? You're black chanel handbag pro c-c-c-cow!"
Night after night now Dawn went to bed in tears"What is she? What is this?" she asked the Swede"If someone simply defies your authority, what can you do?
Seymour, I'm totally puzzledHow did this happen?"
"It happens," he told her"She's a kid with a strong will
"Where did this come from? It's inexplicableAm I a bad mother? Is that it?"
"You are a good motherYou are a wonderful mother
"I don't know why she's turned against me like thisI don't have any sense of what I did to her or even what she perceives I did to herI don't know what's fendi replica spy bag happenedWho is she? Where did she come from? I cannot control herI cannot recognize herI thought she was smartShe's not smart at allShe's become stupid, Seymour
