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One of Claire’s former age mates, Sophia is assigned to work at the Nurturing Center. Claire seeks her out when she first visits the Nurturing Center looking for Gabe and, using her former relationship with Sophia, is able to negotiate a tour of the facility. Sophia barely recognizes Claire and seems not to remember that Claire was assigned Birthmother.
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Sophia Character Timeline in Son
The timeline below shows where the character Sophia appears in Son. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Chapter 3
...they like. When she has the time, she wants to go find an old acquaintance, Sophia, who was assigned to be a Nurturer. This means that Sophia works at the Nurturing...
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Book 1, Chapter 4
...which is not allowed; but she doesn’t want to tell anyone she’s going to see Sophia. Fortunately, nobody asks. Claire picks up the posters and greets a former teacher who’s clearly...
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...declines, Claire asks if she might take a tour, and she notes that she and Sophia were in the same age group. The receptionist, pleased by Claire’s interest, pages Sophia. Sophia...
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Sophia, who works with the 21-30 group, invites Claire to help feed her charges, but Claire...
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