All 4 Uses of
detach
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- They pulled into the driveway, bouncing a little over the uneven edge where it met the street, and stopped in front of the detached garage.†
p. 201.2 *detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- Time and again he had stood here with his toes suspended above the dark skin of the river, wondering in a detached way how cold this black water might be, whether he would be strong enough to swim to shore if he fell in.†
p. 259.3
- Still, when the tape ended, she had forced herself to sit down and count up her affairs—short-lived and long, passionate and detached, bitter and amicable—over the years.†
p. 293.2
- So Norah had been sitting on the painted floor since early morning, slicing through boxes with an X-Acto knife, lifting out folders full of photographs and negatives and notes, determined to remain detached, to be ruthless, in this process of selection.†
p. 361.4
Definition:
to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)