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Julia is Jackson Brodie’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of Nathan. Jackson believes that Nathan is his son, but Julia denies it. Jackson refers to Julia’s husband disdainfully as “Mr. Arty-Farty,” “the false dad.” Julia is an actress, and Jackson claims she was “born to lie.” Her sister dies of breast cancer in the novel.
Julia Quotes in When Will There Be Good News?
The When Will There Be Good News? quotes below are all either spoken by Julia or refer to Julia. 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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To Brig o’ Dread Thou Com’st at Last Quotes
The mechanics of fatherhood turned out to be infinitely more primitive. He fingered the plastic bag in his pocket. A different pregnancy, a different child. His. He remembered the surge of emotion he had felt earlier in the day when he had touched Nathan’s small head. Love. Love wasn’t sweet and light, it was visceral and overpowering. Love wasn’t patient, love wasn’t kind. Love was ferocious, love knew how to play dirty.
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Julia Character Timeline in When Will There Be Good News?
The timeline below shows where the character Julia appears in When Will There Be Good News?. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Flesh and Blood
...one of the tiniest children, comes out wearing a snowsuit. Jackson knows that Nathan’s mother, Julia, is visiting her sister who has breast cancer, and “The False Dad,” “Mr. Arty-Farty,” isn’t...
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Ad Augusta per Angusta
...thinks about his 12-year-old daughter Marlee, whom he had with his ex-wife, Josie. His ex-girlfriend, Julia, claims that Nathan isn’t his son, but Julia “was born to lie.” Jackson longs for...
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To Brig o’ Dread Thou Com’st at Last
Jackson remembers visiting newborn Nathan in the hospital, even though Julia, from whom he’d long since broken up, maintained that the baby wasn’t his. Jackson remembers...
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Jackson is shaken out of his thoughts of Julia and her dying sister (the sister has breast cancer, which Jackson’s mother also died from)...
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