Summary of pages 285-288

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

The Glass Castle pages 285-288

Journal Prompt: Imagine your father passing away, how would you react if you saw your mom for the first time in five years since your fathers funeral

Summary: It has been five years since Jeanette Walls Dad had died. The whole family minus Maureen, is, getting together at Jeanette and her new husband John's, old farmhouse for Thanksgiving. Her mom arrives with Lori on the train, her mom wears four ratty sweaters while holding four garbage like bags full of gifts for John and Jeanette's family. While Lori shows up in a cap and Fedora. Even though she has not seen her mother since her father's funeral she still welcomes her mother with open arms. When her mother does come off the train she is very excited to see Jeanette and her husband John. As Jeanette hugs her mom she described that her long hair is mostly gray, however, her eyes are still very bright and her cheeks are roses. When they finally drive through the countryside and arrive at Jeanette and John's new home, John's 15-year-old daughter he had with his previous marriage runs out along with Brian to welcome them.

Jeanette showed her mom and Lori the house they both loved and appreciated the house. In the kitchen, food was cooking for dinner. The mother had some good news at dinner and that was after her being a squatter for 15 years and the city decided to sell her apartment to the other squatters for one dollar apiece. She couldn't stay long because she had to get to a board meeting of the squatters. The mom had been in touch with Maureen who is living in California. After that, they went on and started to talk about Rex. The mom said, "Life with your father was never boring."

By: Kurtis Cina, Edan Alkovic, Elli Rode