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Quote #10
It didn't make me glow, though. I felt more like I was fading away, like the world had forgotten me. As I stared at the glinting sand, I wondered if my disappearance was making the news. Was anyone still interested? I knew papers dropped stories when there wasn't anything new to report. And what could be new about my story, when the only thing that ever changed was the way the wind blew? (67.6)
The hopelessness of her isolation is enough to make Gemma wonder if she even exists back home or if people have given up on trying to find her. As she notes, it's not like they know to look for her in Australia.