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by Sandra Cisneros
About 34 pages (10,112 words)
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Chapter 40 - Linoloeum Roses

Sally gets married to a marshmallow salesman and moves away to a state in which it is legal to marry before eighth grade. Esperanza thinks Sally got married to escape, despite Sally's claims of happiness. She has her own money to do whatever she wants and buy whatever she wants. However, her husband does get angry sometimes and breaks things. Sally is not allowed to use the phone or wait by the window or do much of anything.

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