PART THREE - WELCH

SECTION SIXTEEN (Pages 193-195)

Summary

After returning home from the swimming pool, Jeannette, sitting and recovering from the extra amount of exercise she had done, hears a knock at the door. It turns out to be a man from child welfare who is looking for her parents. Jeannette explains that he can't come in until her parents are home and that whatever he's looking for, she'll pass on the message. He explains that someone whose name he is not allowed to reveal has recommended an inquiry into conditions at 93 Little Hobart Street, where it is possible that children are living in a state of neglect. This is when Jeannette relies on her own intelligence to explain that yes, her parents work and will be glad to talk to him when they come home. He leaves his........

Notes

This section reveals that Jeannette is much more of an adult than her mother, and she is much more generous and open to........

SECTION SEVENTEEN (Pages 196-198)

Summary

Mom gets a teaching job, and the kids spend the balance of the week trying to clean the house which, of course, is a lost cause. Fortunately, the man from child welfare never returns. Mom is hired to teach remedial reading at an elementary school in Davy, a coal mining camp twelve miles north of Welch. Because she doesn't have a car, the principal hooks her up with Lucy Jo Rose, a teacher who has just graduated from Bluefield State College. She is so fate she can barely fit behind the wheel of her Dodge Dart. Furthermore, she..........

Notes

The man from child welfare is the symbol of what can separate the kids from each other and so represents evil.

However, at least they now have some money to provide.........

 

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