Hoover Farm is the farm owned by the Hoover family, where Jack works as a tenant farmer.
Ruby's family farm is the Pitt Farm.
Before Ruby dies, she fills up the deep freezer so that Jack will not have to worry about meals for several months after her death.
Ruby sews together several outfits for June to wear on a cruise in the weeks before her death.
Ruby smokes, a habit that Jack tries to get her to stop many times over the course of their marriage. Jack believes it is the cigarettes that kill Ruby. The last time Jack sees Ruby alive, she asks for a cigarette.
Jack finds Ruby's mule hanging in the pony barn when they return from vacation. Jack knows Roland did it, and this is confirmed.....
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