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Uncle Geordie is Dad’s uncle and thus great-uncle to Lisa, Jimmy, Tab, and Erica. He is married to Aunt Edith. He and Edith remain active in the family, participating in family fishing trips and other events throughout Lisa’s childhood. Uncle Geordie has the distinction of rescuing Lisa from disaster twice, first when he found her running away during a tsunami, and later when she taught herself to ride her bike.
Uncle Geordie Quotes in Monkey Beach
The Monkey Beach quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Geordie or refer to Uncle Geordie. 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 1: Love Like the Ocean Quotes
Ba-ba-oo had lost his arm in the Second World War, at Verrières Ridge. When he came home, he couldn’t get the money he thought he should get form Veterans Affairs because they said Indian Affairs were taking care of him. Indian Affairs said if he wanted the same benefits as a white vet, he should move off reserve and give up his status. If he did that, they’d lose their house and by this time, they had three children and my dad, Albert, was on the way.
“Geordie and Edith helped as much as they could,” Mick had told me […] “But they had their own family. My father worked hard all his life, and now he would say things like, ‘Agnes, I’m useless.’ She didn’t know what to do.”
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Uncle Geordie Character Timeline in Monkey Beach
The timeline below shows where the character Uncle Geordie appears in Monkey Beach. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: Love Like the Ocean
...The family sets out in Dad’s ancient and slow-moving fishing boat one Sunday morning with Uncle Geordie and Aunt Edith in tow. Edith brings fresh bread—she’s the acknowledged master in the family...
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Uncle Geordie and Dad let Lisa steer the ancient, slow-moving boat. Jimmy stays at the front of...
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...the tsunami using her umbrella as a boat, like people did in her picture books. Uncle Geordie , on his way to the docks to save his boat, happened to intercept her...
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...collision with a truck. Terrified and excited, she starts to pedal. But the truck driver— Uncle Geordie —chases her down and drives her home. Her parents take her to the Emergency Room...
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...She and Uncle Mick travel to the family’s fishing spot by speedboat, planning to meet Uncle Geordie , Aunt Edith, and Mom there. Dad stays home to take Jimmy to a swim...
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...vent her frustration, Lisa makes her loudest moose call, which echoes off the mountains. As Uncle Geordie and Uncle Mick unload the last of the fishing supplies, Lisa races up the path...
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...that Lisa heard ghosts. Mom glares at him, accusing him of telling Ba-ba-oo’s ghost story. Uncle Geordie tells Lisa—crossing his heart that it is true—that farting keeps the ghosts away. Mick starts...
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In the morning, Lisa wakes up to the sound of Uncle Mick screaming at Uncle Geordie and Aunt Edith. He exploded when Aunt Edith tried to say grace. He screamed about...
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The temperature has fallen by the time Mom, Mick, and Lisa return to Kemano. Uncle Geordie and Aunt Edith are up at Alcan getting more fuel. Mick goes off to do...
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...and shakes with cold and emotion. In the morning, she returns to Kitamaat early with Uncle Geordie .
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Eventually, Uncle Geordie calls to warn Dad that seals are in the nets. Dad says Mick is checking...
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Lisa packs quickly, before Aunt Edith can wake up and make her wait for Uncle Geordie to take her. She leaves a note about the life raft and steals the keys...
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Chapter 2: The Song of Your Breath
Two weeks later, Uncle Geordie catches 82 sockeye salmon, which he divvies up between his in-laws, Ma-ma-oo, and Lisa’s parents....
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Chapter 3: In Search of the Elusive Sasquatch
...that night or the following morning. By dinnertime, Mom starts to worry, and Lisa borrows Uncle Geordie ’s truck to drive up into the mountains. Just after sunset, she finds Jimmy and...
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As spring turns into summer, Lisa begins to hanker for fresh crab and halibut. Uncle Geordie helps her fix up the old speedboat, and he frets that the 35-horsepower engine is...
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...in the trees can help her, she can’t ignore it. She digs her knife—the one Uncle Geordie gave her to help carve up fish—from her bag and the voices fall silent. A...
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