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Craig “Mac” McKenzie
Libby was Megan’s and Mac’s daughter. When Libby was just a few months old, Megan took Libby into the bath with her—but when Megan fell asleep, Libby drowned. Megan still carries the trauma of having inadvertently killed her daughter, and her aversion to motherhood and childcare stems from her fear of repeating her mistakes with Libby.
Libby Quotes in The Girl on the Train
The The Girl on the Train quotes below are all either spoken by Libby or refer to Libby. 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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Megan: Six Quotes
"I fell asleep," I say, and then I can't say any more, because I can feel her again, no longer on my chest, her body wedged between my arm and the edge of the tub, her face in the water. We were both so cold.
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In this passage, Megan confides her darkest secret to her therapist, Dr. Kamal Abdic. When Megan was just 19, she gave birth to a baby, Libby—but when Megan took Libby into the bath with her one afternoon, she fell asleep, and Libby drowned. Megan has carried this unspeakable trauma with her throughout her life. Her belief that she killed Libby—and that she should be punished for it—is the root cause of her nightmares, her restlessness, and her repulsion toward motherhood. Megan has kept this monumental secret from everyone in her life, trying to heal her own wounds in private—but this Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus cor
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Libby Character Timeline in The Girl on the Train
The timeline below shows where the character Libby appears in The Girl on the Train. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Megan: Six
...arrived, delivered at home by a friend with some nursing training. Megan named the child Libby and loved her instantly.
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One day, when Libby was just a few months old, Megan and Mac got into a horrible fight. Mac...
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Megan: Seven
...wordlessly led her back to the house. The next morning, the two of them buried Libby near the abandoned train tracks and marked the grave with some stones. That night, Mac...
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Rachel: Nineteen
...be. She drives out to Holkham, Megan’s hometown, and visits the place where Megan and Libby are buried. At the gravesite, she thinks about Scott and worries that he will never...
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