Was Roxy's mother in a normal mental state?

[Jennifer Coxon]

I’m not sure if I would phrase it as mental illness, but her mental health is definitely impacted by her grief. The fact that all of her memories of what her daughter likes are actually not of Roxy but her sister, and a constant refusal to acknowledge this when Roxy points it out, is a strong indicator.
As part of the coping mechanism, Roxy’s mother has turned to the church but in an extremist sort of fashion. The church gives her stability and rules to follow, which Roxy has broken and results in her being thrown out. Her mother, having not dealt with her own issues, doesn’t see what that will do to Roxy.

[Ogunkoya Mayowa]

She might suffer some mental illness because confirming the death of her daughter will be painful.

[Loniya Chabili Mubanga]

Absolutely, I thought that was very evident. She might be suffering the loss of her dead daughter, Audrey, and husband. There's only so much grief a person can take. And she may have been brought up deeply religious to the point where she deemed any behavior not in line with her religion as deviation from normal behavior.

[Ruqayyah Rafeeq]

She definitely is. She lashed out at her daughter and on her daughter's boyfriend for no constructive reason. She keeps forgetting the difference between Roxy and her deceased daughter constantly. She did nothing that resembles a steady mental state, I'm sure she was suffering from some mental illness after her husband and daughter died.

[Danielle Briggs]

I believe Roxy's mother was definitely suffering from still losing her other daughter and seeing Roxy probably reminded her of that, since I'm sure they had similar features. I don't think her sending her daughter out of her home was caused by this depression though, since pre-marital sex was seen as such a bad thing then, especially for religious groups.

[Nino Chinonso Onwurah]

There is no telling what Roxy’s mother could be suffering from. All human actions emanate from a certain mental background. We are all selfish and love can be painful. The question is how painful is doing a particular good and how much pain can we tolerate?

[Am Eso]

Roxy's mother definitely wasn't in a normal mental state. I kept on wondering how a mother will send her only surviving child and family out of her house and be bothered about her return. I think she needed to seek for help and not she try to cover her issues up with godliness.

[Riya Sarkar]

I feel Roxy's mother suffering from a mental health illness is quite obvious. Moreover, it doesn't start after Roxy's sister does, it starts much earlier when Roxy's sister is suffering from cancer. Her mental illness is depicted through her actions when she refuses to handle any of the issues regarding her sister's suffering. For example, she is reluctant to visit her in the hospital or take any medical decisions. I suppose losing her husband and then a child because too much to handle.

[D Adebayo]

I feel that rather than suffering from a mental illness she just was not ready to move on. The death of her husband affected her and then her favoured child dying after just made her want to remain in the past were everythung was still okay.

[Judy knight]

No I don't think Roxy's mother was in a normal mental state. I think that the death of her husband and daughter had a huge impact on her and affected her mental state.

[Phunmee_02]

Yes, I think the death of her husband and her favorite daughter was too much for her to bear so it resulted in her mental illness. Roxy mentioned that her mother wasn't able to visit the hospital, and she was the one who'll teach her mother what to ask and reply when she reached the hospital, so those are vivid signs.

[Eva Nyaburi]

Her over-religiousness and harsh treatment of Roxy were unsettling. I don't think she had any mental illness but the way she acted was just part of nature which she could change if she wanted to.

[María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda]

Maybe. Maybe just grief because of losing Audrey. Grief and loss can make you act in unsuspected ways. Also, parents were harsher back then, and Roxy's mom had a strong religious belief that bordered on fanaticism, which can also make you dismiss people who should be part of your life in the name of a higher power.

[Perfect Ojonugwa]

Although she was in a normal mental condition, she didn't really love Roxy that much and was an excessively fervent Christian. I wasn't as shocked by her conduct because kicking your daughter out because she slept on your bed is a common occurrence in Africa.

[Brown_Sucre]

Well, judging from the point of view of losing a child, I think her PTSD was extreme. Roxy was only a victim of transferred aggression.