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''In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing sins. And lo, that's when all our problems began.''
This is exactly how Grace talks because she lives with her family as part of a separatist fundamental Christian sect. She goes to a church school. The school bus driver is a church Elder because she mustn't talk to or touch an outsider as outsiders are unclean. She can't eat outsider food without purifying it first - even ice cream must be microwaved. She wears her unruly, curly hair in a bun and woe is upon her when wisps free themselves from her hairpins.
It doesn't sound like much of a life, does it? But actually, Grace is very happy. She basks in the love of two affectionate parents and she has a particularly close bond with her father who encourages her inquisitive nature and loves nothing better than to answer her questions - about life, love, God, even metaphysics. Grace's father likes to ask questions too. But the Elders aren't big on questions. Submission, obedience and acceptance are their bywords, and questions are more like heresies to them.
