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Summary
Aunt Tootie takes Cecelia to Forsythe Park where they talk and feed the birds and squirrels. She tells Cecelia how many of the large, heritage style houses in the area had fallen into disrepair and how she’d been given the first one by her husband Taylor. After restoring it, and planting the gardens herself, Tallulah founded the Ladies of Savannah Garden Club.
Later, Cecelia watches Oletta make beaten biscuits. Violene Hobbs arrives, announcing she wants to be the first to welcome Cecelia and to Cecelia’s surprise, she asks her how her mother managed to get hit by a truck. Then Violene suggests unkindly that Cecelia needs a haircut. In the background, Oletta beats the biscuits more ferociously by the minute while Cecelia struggles not to slap Violene’s hand away from touching her ponytail. Just before Violene leaves she insists that...
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This section contains 1,578 words (approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page) |