![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, Iris’s vision of her life involves higher education and an impressive career-a vision of affluence-and she leaves Aubrey out of that vision simply because they come from different backgrounds. This is not about Iris’s dislike of margarine itself, but an admission that the food people have access to conveys their economic status. 2020 by Jacqueline Woodson (Author) 2,846 ratings Editors pick Hand selected reads Kindle Edition £2.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover £7.50 10 Used from £0.52 11 New from £7.50 2 Collectible from £20. Iris’s propensity for judgmental elitism appears when she can’t believe Aubrey, as a teen, only ever had margarine, and how she “couldn’t see a future with someone who only knew margarine” (41). Red at the Bone: Longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction 2020 Hardcover 23 Jan. This difference is also highlighted by their relationship to food. ![]() When Iris asks him to dance, he joke about how she is following a rulebook, and her subsequent annoyed reaction communicates years of microaggressions about their class difference being shared between them. ![]() The affair screams elegance and wealth, but it also highlights how out of place Aubrey feels in this world. In hosting it, her family reasserts her class status, further marked by the abundance of luxurious food and the hired orchestra. As the novel opens, the importance of class to the central characters is marked by Melody’s ceremony. ![]()
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