Part 3: Ann Summary

In Chapter 5, South of Wilshire, Ann and Adele stay at the Bel Air Hotel for three weeks before moving to the smaller, shabby Laskey Hotel. At the Bel Air, Adele passes time by pretending to be rich, calling real estate agents to show her mansions for sale. In reality, she cannot afford to buy any house, even the least expensive. Finally, school starts. Adele is shocked to find that the job she has accepted as Special Ed teacher is in an all-black elementary school in Watts. The first day, someone vandalizes her precious white Continental in the school's secured parking lot. The second day, Adele goes to the school district headquarters and demands a transfer to a school in a white area, which she receives.

Ann wears a navy blue wool dress with a red belt to school the first day...