Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from The Patron Saint of Liars

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Tattoo - Son has a mark on his shoulder with the name of his first love, Cecilia, written in it.

Pictures - Thomas Clinton gives Sissy these images of her mother from before she came to Kentucky, giving Sissy a piece of her mother that she was never allowed before.

Detective Magazines - Beatrice enjoys these and she saves one particularly juicy sounding story for the day she goes into labor with her twin boys.

Dining Room - The unwed mothers all eat here at meal times.

1965 Dodge Dart - Rose takes...
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