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Chapter 3- “ I think that’s exactly what eyes the man who raped my mother has too” - Louie pg 29. Her mother was raped and then she had Louie.

Chapter 3- “After I bought the necklace i pretend to be fully white” - Louie pg 26. “In this house we don’t talk about what happened to my mom at sixteen - Louie pg 27. She would lie to everyone about who she really was.

There’s a new character introduced his name is king and she seems to care a lot about what he thinks he left town but she thinks he back because of the schedule says his name on it. Louie’s mom was 16 when she had her. Louise says how she would tell people she was fully white say her mom was catholic Ukrainian.

Chapter 3 - Louise mentions her mom’s past trauma in the first three chapters but doesn’t go into it. Louie’s and her mom have lived in the house they are now for the longest they live on a farm. Louise seems to be close with her uncles.