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I've finished reading Tehanu not long ago so here's the gist of what happened (massive spoilers ahead): Therru's the daughter of some vagrant who lives with a group of ~5 people. When she was eight they abused her and threw her in a fire. From that she lost an eye and a hand, her voice was permanently hosed up and she was massively traumatized. The horrific scars make people think she is cursed. Tenar adopts her and the kid starts recovering as they live a normal life. One of the vagrants later shows up and tries to take Therru back but Tenar manages to board Lebannen's ship to get away. The vagrant manages to touch Therru once and that destroys most of the progress she made in dealing with the trauma. A while later, at night, the vagrants try to break into Tenar's farmhouse to either abduct Therru or kill the two of them. But Ged had lucked into following them and he stabs one with a pitchfork and the other vagrants run away. Later it's revealed than Therru's mother was abused by the male vagrants to go beg in some towns (they'd beat her up and make her tell the townsfolk that if she didn't bring back something they'd kill her). They end up beating her to death and then they get caught by bailiffs appointed by Lebannen. Tenar tells Therru about it: she has little reaction to her mother's death but shows some happiness that the other vagrants will hang. So yeah, gently caress those people. That part of the plot is incredibly dark, especially since the book is largely about everyday life.
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Jan 13, 2014 11:36
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