Chapter 13 Summary

Taylor and Turtle check out of the cheap motel they have stayed in overnight and are eating their breakfast in a waffle shop when they encounter the Barbie-doll waitress from the night before looking disheveled and unhappy. She has lost her job at the casino because she spent too much time talking to them, she says. She tells them that she has had her name legally changed to Barbie from Barbara because she was born the same year that Barbie was created. Alice feels sorry for her and takes her under her wing. She travels with them as they leave Las Vegas although Taylor has misgivings about her and tries to put limits on how long she can stay with them.

Chapter 13 Analysis

Again, we see Alice's mothering instincts at work. There is some foreshadowing here in Taylor's misgivings about allowing Barbie to...