suprunp
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The talk around the table had turned to numbers and logistics, the impossibility of change. Caroline stood up, trembling. Her dead mother's hand flew to her mouth in shock. Caroline herself could not quite believe it, how her life had changed her, what she had become. But there was no going back. (She waited until everybody was quiet and made a small speech.)
(The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards)
The part in bold puzzles me a lot. I can imagine that if her mother had seen Caroline now she would have been very surprised, actually shocked. But then, I can't understand why the author did not write "Her dead mother's hand would have flown..."
Would you please make some suggestions?
Thanks.
(The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards)
The part in bold puzzles me a lot. I can imagine that if her mother had seen Caroline now she would have been very surprised, actually shocked. But then, I can't understand why the author did not write "Her dead mother's hand would have flown..."
Would you please make some suggestions?
Thanks.