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Jerome is August’s first boyfriend. Before August is even allowed to leave the family’s apartment in Brooklyn, Jerome sees her through the window and winks at her. Years later, they start dating even though he’s several years older. When August refuses to have sex with him, though, he dumps her and starts dating Sylvia—something that destroys Sylvia and August’s friendship. Shortly thereafter, Sylvia becomes pregnant with Jerome’s daughter.
Jerome Quotes in Another Brooklyn
The Another Brooklyn quotes below are all either spoken by Jerome or refer to Jerome. 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 8 Quotes
I prayed that my own brain, fuzzy with clouded memory, would settle into a clarity that helped me to understand the feeling I got when I pressed my lips against my new boyfriend, Jerome, his shaking hands searching my body.
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Chapter 13 Quotes
When you’re fifteen, the world collapses in a moment, different from when you’re eight and you learn that your mother walked into water—and kept on walking.
When you’re fifteen, you can’t make promises of a return to the before place. Your aging eyes tell a different, truer story.
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Jerome Character Timeline in Another Brooklyn
The timeline below shows where the character Jerome appears in Another Brooklyn. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...help her make sense of the feeling she gets when she kisses her new boyfriend, Jerome, who lets his hands slide all over her body when they kiss, but she has...
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Chapter 9
August’s relationship with Jerome started long before they actually knew each other—he was the boy who used to wink...
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...dusty, dirty black American.” Feeling close to Sylvia, August tells her about her relationship with Jerome, hoping that this will endear her to her perfect friend. Thinking this way, she tells...
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Chapter 11
...“I love you” to each other and find that they actually mean it. While kissing Jerome shortly after this experience, August evades his questions about where she learned to French kiss....
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Chapter 12
...their equipment and play music late into the night. On one such night, August and Jerome kiss passionately behind the wall of a handball court. Working his way down August’s body,...
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Chapter 13
...everyone says it does. In August’s own relationship, she continues to avoid having sex, though Jerome becomes more and more persistent. When she tells Sylvia about this, Sylvia ignores her hesitations,...
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While walking through the park one day, August comes upon Sylvia and Jerome and sees that they’re holding hands. She stares at them for a long time, feeling...
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