The Mckenzie Family In A Different Sort Of Real

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During my experience of the novel “ A Different Sort of Real ” I have grown to be fond of the main characters ‘ The Mckenzie family ’ and the next door neighbour ‘ Dr Barnes ’ who’s a Doctor, since they are pretty interesting as they are rich in background information, the dad is a disabled madmen who seems to be easily aggravated on the smallest things, the mother who is struggling nurse attempting to provide for the family as they are not economically stable and the eldest daughter Charlotte Mckenzie who has had enough of being discriminated against due to gender and wishes to full fill her dreams as a female docter. She is following her dream of becoming a doctor with a head starting point as her mother is a nurse. After a fateful day of

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