她有一个忘恩负义、怀恨于心的家庭。麦琪给家里买了一套房子，但她妈妈却因为担心自己的诈骗救济会败露而大发雷霆。

Her family is ungrateful and spiteful. When Maggie buys them a house, her mother flies off the handle, worried that her welfare scam will be ruined.

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要是她再等一会儿，即使她以前不知道，她现在也会明白的，因为那两个哥哥中有一个说：“唉！ 可怜的安琪尔，可怜的安琪尔！

She would have known as much without previous information if she had waited a moment, for one of the brothers proceeded to say: `Ah! poor Angel, poor Angel!

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薇琪·艾欧文在《女朋友指导》系列中诚实坦率的笔调给人一种清新、可靠的感觉，好像会激发一批新的作家的诞生。

Vicki Iovine's honest, frank prose in the Girlfriend's Guide series is refreshing, reassuring and seems to have inspired a whole new crop of writers.

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