Some authors (see later) refer cases with a slightly better outcome.
Some authors have simply referred to the group as plants or Plantae.
The author very often refers to medical findings as well as to general human experience.
This author has referred to that specific atrocity several times.
Throughout the book, the author refers to her mother as "Marion."
There were no vehicles anywhere near it, so I don't know what the author was referring to.
Notice how many times the author refers to the number of cats.
The author refers to the various characters by their relationship or their role in the story.
In some cases, the author refers to events that take place on screen but not in the book.
The author may have been referring to an indigenous people known as the Tehuelche.