Callie is a marine biologist who lives in Whaletown. She helps Ruth by analyzing the age of the barnacles on the freezer bag that Ruth finds on the beach, and she tells Ruth that the freezer bag and lunch box were most likely in the ocean even before the Japanese tsunami of 2011. Ruth is disappointed by this information, as she was attached to the theory that the tsunami washed the freezer bag and its contents were washed from Japan to her island.
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Callie Character Timeline in A Tale for the Time Being
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Part I, Chapter 4: Ruth
...examines the barnacles on the freezer bag. She says that Ruth should show it to Callie, who would be able to guess how old the creatures are and how long the...
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Part II, Chapter 1: Ruth
...it. Ruth feels like she really needs to know if Nao is alive. She telephones Callie to have her inspect the barnacles on the plastic freezer bag, so that Ruth can...
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(5) Callie, a marine biologist who volunteers at a marine mammal protection agency, says that it’s hard...
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