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Chapters 1 and 2

• Fifteen year old Rayona is visiting her mother Christine in the hospital in Seattle, WA.

• Christine tries to leave the hospital so she can commit suicide after Rayona's father, Elgin, asks for a divorce.

• Rayona agrees to drive Christine to the cliff where she plans to drive off, but they run out of gas.

• The mother and daughter walk to a gas station, eventually returning to their apartment to pack up all their belongings.

• They are behind in rent and feel little connection to Seattle.

• Christine and Rayona decide drive to Montana to see the reservation where Christine grows up.

• The car breaks down about a half mile from their destination.

• They take their belongs and walk to Christine's mother's house.

• A woman is trying to mow the lawn when they approach.

• It is years since Christine sees her mother.

• Christine's mother, Aunt Ida, doesn't welcome...

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