Part 2, 1956: June 22, 1956-November 26, 1956 Summary

June 22, 1956. Daisy has been going to boarding school near her mother. However, a week after her freshman year in high school, her mother has died of cancer. Daisy did not even know she was sick. Daisy has returned to Shell Beach and visited all her old friends. Mr. Harper and Jimmy Snow are living in a hotel where Mr. Harper is the manager. Daisy has her own room, right next to the bar. Soon Daisy is to start attending Magnolia Springs High School and she is nervous, filled with nostalgia for her old boarding school. September 21, 1956. School has begun and Daisy has made friends with Pickle Watkins, a local girl who helped her beat up another girl who was pushing around Daisy. Daisy and Pickle have a lot in common, like their desire to never get married, and Daisy...