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It took me forever to obtain a copy of the book (long boring story) and I'm just now almost done reading it. I love it!
I think "we" is used because the story is more about the boys then the girls. The boys are trying to understand everything: what was going on for the girls, what was going on for themselves, why they didn't act, why they did act, how it effects who they are now and who they were then, etc. The voices change as each of the "we's" take turns narrating/talking.
A small (very small) part of me thinks the story is about how once suicide effects so many people. Cecelia's death literally and figuratively brought about the death of the family and ultimately the death of her sisters. It also caused something to die within the boys and the town itself.
So many thoughts struggling in my head to be expressed, and I can't seem to put them all into words. I'm just glad I read the book and hope we do another "book club" soon.
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