Without the lake, the story may not have been as clear and logical. 

to use the same adjective twice next to itself

Hannah accepts the fact that her sister is dead

why Lydia committed suicide

Ng chooses Lydia to drown in the lake because the family has both good and bad memories from the lake

one would need to do to make

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Though her fiction is well known, her work with the satirical garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders receives far less publicity.