I've figured out what name to use for Debbie's daughter, if I ever have to write about her again. (The most recent time was here, for example.) I'm going to call her Mattie, after Mattie Ross in the movie "True Grit."
Partly there is a physical similarity between Debbie's real daughter and Mattie as played by Hailee Steinfeld. But most of the similarity is in attitude. I am thinking specifically of Mattie's absolute conviction, rock-bottomed and copper sheathed, of her own righteousness – and of the determination that it gives her.
Maybe this is only part of the story with Debbie's daughter, but it's the part I see.
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