And yes, there are a lot of questions about Ivy's family. I think her mother inherited the house, and I have the vague idea that maybe the dad married her for it...so maybe her loveless but very fertile marriage drove her to alcoholism?
And I loved Aunt Evelyn! Ivy's adventures at Aunt Evelyn's also have enormous potential. There's one letter Ivy sends about an egg they found, commenting that they think it will hatch into something strange, but Martha never does find out if it did...
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Date: 2013-07-09 12:44 pm (UTC)And yes, there are a lot of questions about Ivy's family. I think her mother inherited the house, and I have the vague idea that maybe the dad married her for it...so maybe her loveless but very fertile marriage drove her to alcoholism?
And I loved Aunt Evelyn! Ivy's adventures at Aunt Evelyn's also have enormous potential. There's one letter Ivy sends about an egg they found, commenting that they think it will hatch into something strange, but Martha never does find out if it did...