The runner in the rear did not qualify. in this sentence "in the rear" is which phrase?

in june, we will have been married for eighteen months. (i am assuming this is what you want? the sentence, as you have presented it, is grammatically incorrect--   you want it corrected, yes? )

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.