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Nana Sophia is Jared’s paternal grandmother and Phil’s mother. Nana Sophia is ‘Namgis. When Jared is young, she worries that he might be Wee’git’s son, not Phil’s, so she has a DNA test done on Jared, which determines that he is Phil’s son. Unlike many of Jared’s relationships, Nana Sophia openly expresses her affection for Jared, and he values the love she shows him. She also knows how irresponsible his parents can be, so she sends him money periodically. When Jared’s mom disappears for weeks, Jared asks to stay with Nana Sophia for the summer, and she excitedly plans to host him. At the end of the book, Jared learns that Nana Sophia is Halayt (a high chief medicine woman) and also that he is, in fact, Wee’git’s son—the DNA test showed a false result. Learning this, Nana Sophia coldly cuts Jared out of her life, and Jared sobs at losing the one person he knew he could rely on—demonstrating the value he found in having a bond based solely on love, not on violent passion.
Nana Sophia Quotes in Son of a Trickster
The Son of a Trickster quotes below are all either spoken by Nana Sophia or refer to Nana Sophia. 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 1
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Nana Sophia kissed him. “And I love you and I would never hurt you. But if you weren’t Philip’s and your momma tried to pass you off as his, I’d have slit her throat and left her in a ditch to die like a dog.”
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Chapter 9
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The money is for YOU, she wrote. I mean it.
Destiny’s having her baby soon.
My pretty, pretty enabler. Repeat after me: I’m not responsible for the crappy decisions of the grown-ups in my life.
Jared rolled his eyes. Love you, Nana.
Love you more, Cutie.
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Chapter 36
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All he seemed to be doing these days was crying. Why stop now, he thought, as he bent over and put his head on the table. He didn’t care if Nana—if Sophia killed him. She’d been his lifeline when things got dark. She’d been the one person who could make the crap seem less crappy. And she hated him now. And he hated himself and his life, and he heard himself choking on his own snot and he was disgusted but he couldn’t stop.
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Chapter 39
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The bites had healed. He didn’t feel his missing toe anymore. He should be over it by now, he thought, but as he treaded water, he wanted to get drunk, immediately. He wanted to not feel terrified or dumped or used anymore. He wanted to get out of his head and never, ever crawl back in.
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Nana Sophia Quotes in Son of a Trickster
The Son of a Trickster quotes below are all either spoken by Nana Sophia or refer to Nana Sophia. 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 1
Quotes
Nana Sophia kissed him. “And I love you and I would never hurt you. But if you weren’t Philip’s and your momma tried to pass you off as his, I’d have slit her throat and left her in a ditch to die like a dog.”
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Chapter 9
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The money is for YOU, she wrote. I mean it.
Destiny’s having her baby soon.
My pretty, pretty enabler. Repeat after me: I’m not responsible for the crappy decisions of the grown-ups in my life.
Jared rolled his eyes. Love you, Nana.
Love you more, Cutie.
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Chapter 36
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All he seemed to be doing these days was crying. Why stop now, he thought, as he bent over and put his head on the table. He didn’t care if Nana—if Sophia killed him. She’d been his lifeline when things got dark. She’d been the one person who could make the crap seem less crappy. And she hated him now. And he hated himself and his life, and he heard himself choking on his own snot and he was disgusted but he couldn’t stop.
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Chapter 39
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The bites had healed. He didn’t feel his missing toe anymore. He should be over it by now, he thought, but as he treaded water, he wanted to get drunk, immediately. He wanted to not feel terrified or dumped or used anymore. He wanted to get out of his head and never, ever crawl back in.
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