Summary

Chapter 23 started the section called "October." It was told from Charley's perspective in the third person limited point of view. Charley's crop was looking good, but she still needed to sell the Cane Cutter at auction. Micah and Blue asked to go to the Sugarcane Festival. Micah wanted to meet Queen Sugar. When Charley said she was still too busy on the farm, Micah got mad and hacked up the only thing left living in her garden, a pumpkin. Charley decided to make time to take the kids to the carnival. At the carnival, she ran into Remy, who had two children with him. Charlie and Remy made small talk, but that was it. Back at home, Charley felt guilty for her reaction to Remy's comments the last time they were together. The next day at the boat parade they saw Queen Sugar...