How does the author use foreshadowing in the novel, The Other Alcott?

The model’s missing fingers in Chapter Forty represent May’s ability to take adversity and turn it around. They also foreshadow success in May’s future. Hooper describes the models’ missing fingers as “like the inner green of an emerging plant right before it blooms” (355). The use of the words “peeking” and “emerging” and “right before it blooms” indicate that something is about to happen (355). Green is also the color and symbol of money. May’s submits her painting of the model titled La Negresse to the prestigious Paris Salon of 1879, which accepts her painting. Usually a disability or deformity would symbolize a disadvantage, but Hooper writes this description to show how May views this opportunity, and what she eventually makes of it.