Book 5: Diary of a Lost Girl, Chapters 3-4 Summary

In Chapter 3, Lady Bountiful, Mercedes graduates at the top of her class in 1930. After the ceremony, Ralph Luvovitz, Mercedes' classmate, kisses her and promises to keep in touch while she is at college. She turns down her scholarship to Saint Francis Xavier University because she cannot leave Lily.

In Chapter 4, The Ginger Man, Jameel has made improvements to the speakeasy. Frances demands half of the cover charge and a new piano in the bar. Leo Taylor delivers the piano and tries to avoid looking at Frances, who is just a child. He now delivers lobster and liquor to New York to make money for his wife and family. His wife calls him Ginger because of his talent in brewing real ginger beer like his mother once did.

Book 5: Diary of a Lost Girl, Chapters 3-4 Analysis