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Charming Billy Study Guide

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by Alice McDermott
About 41 pages (12,322 words)
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Chapter 8 Summary

The first time Billy goes to dinner at Maeve's, she spills the spinach on the floor and feeds it to him and her father anyway. Billy asks her to a movie after dinner and her father tells her it is only obligation that makes him do it. Maeve prays for the best and expects the worse after their first date. She tells those gathered at her home that night of the early days of their courting. Maeve admits to throwing her father's shoes down the incinerator more than once to have an excuse to go to the shoe store just to see Billy. The second time is after their first date. Maeve wants to see Billy and is rewarded when he asks for a second date.

Maeve then goes on to tell the story.....

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