Chapters 9 and 10 Summary

Chapter 9

On Saturday, Frannie's mother stays in bed all morning. Sean seems to want to pick a fight with Frannie. To get back at him, she turns her back on him when she talks. It makes him angry when he can't see what she's saying. When their mother emerges from her bedroom, she looks very fatigued and has bags under her eyes. She tells the children not to fight and to figure out their problems for themselves; she's too tired. Sean goes to his room and slams the door. Frannie has to clean the bathroom. She thinks about the Jesus Boy and where he lives and what he's doing.

Frannie and her father go grocery shopping. When they take the elevator down, her father holds her hand. She knows she's too old for that but she lets him anyway. Her father...