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Jamie Sheridan
Park’s mother. A Korean woman whose given name is Min-Dae, Mindy is a loving and doting mother who runs a hair salon out of her home. Park is often embarrassed of Mindy because of her thick accent and overly-warm demeanor, but as the novel progresses, he begins to have more empathy for her. He knows she works hard to ingratiate herself into a racist, hostile pocket of rural America, and when he sees how kind and welcoming she is towards Eleanor, he is even more grateful for his mother’s kindness and patience.
Mindy Sheridan Quotes in Eleanor and Park
The Eleanor and Park quotes below are all either spoken by Mindy Sheridan or refer to Mindy Sheridan . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 32
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[Mindy’s] hand settled softly in her lap.
“In big family," she said, "everything . . . everybody spread so thin. Thin like paper, you know?" She made a tearing gesture. […] "Nobody gets enough," she said. "Nobody gets what they need. When you always hungry, you get hungry in your head." She tapped her forehead. "You know?"
Park wasn't sure what to say.
“You don’t know, she said, shaking her head. "I don't want you to know. . . I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry," he said.
"I'm sorry for how I welcomed your Eleanor."
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Chapter 35
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[Eleanor] pulled away. "Are you kissing me because I look like someone else?"
"You don't look like someone else. Plus, that's crazy."
"Do you like me better like this?" she asked. "Because I'm never going to look like this again."
[…]
"You look like you,” [Park] said. "You with the volume turned up."
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Mindy Sheridan Quotes in Eleanor and Park
The Eleanor and Park quotes below are all either spoken by Mindy Sheridan or refer to Mindy Sheridan . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 32
Quotes
[Mindy’s] hand settled softly in her lap.
“In big family," she said, "everything . . . everybody spread so thin. Thin like paper, you know?" She made a tearing gesture. […] "Nobody gets enough," she said. "Nobody gets what they need. When you always hungry, you get hungry in your head." She tapped her forehead. "You know?"
Park wasn't sure what to say.
“You don’t know, she said, shaking her head. "I don't want you to know. . . I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry," he said.
"I'm sorry for how I welcomed your Eleanor."
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Chapter 35
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[Eleanor] pulled away. "Are you kissing me because I look like someone else?"
"You don't look like someone else. Plus, that's crazy."
"Do you like me better like this?" she asked. "Because I'm never going to look like this again."
[…]
"You look like you,” [Park] said. "You with the volume turned up."
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