Chapter 7 Summary

David is hired at the local drugstore, delivering medicine to houses and working behind the counter for Mr. Williams, the store owner. Most of the time it is mainly older women that come in, looking at various medicines.

The worst part about the store is the amount of people who ask about Mother. After his graduation Flora apparently helped spread the rumors that she was crazy and unable to function. All the townspeople are either worried she was alright up on the hill or slightly afraid of her.

One day Jo Lynne, a granddaughter of someone in town, began coming to the store. David is instantly attracted to her unique appearance and after about a month of her coming in and filling prescriptions, the two begin talking to one another.

With the insistence from Aunt Mae, David asks Jo Lynne out to a...