After Howard's funeral, Jules struggles to remember anything about his father and knows instinctively that he does not want to suffer the same fate of anonymity with his own children someday. Jules does not have the luxury of time to devote to melancholy and focuses now on earning money to escape his life.
Loretta is forced to get a job and starts dating a man named Pat Furlong whom she soon marries. Mrs. Wendall is still an abusive force in the household and alienates herself from all those upon whom she is forced to rely. Maureen is a conscientious young girl and takes on many responsibilities in the house while maintaining her schoolwork and her visits to the library. Maureen is elected secretary for her homeroom, a position.....
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