Chapters 11 and 12 Summary

Chapter 11

Marie got a postcard from her mother. She wrote a poetic message about the rain and spring coming without warning.

Chapter 12

Marie's father swore he didn't hate her mother for leaving. But Marie didn't totally buy that. She caught him ripping up their wedding photos and sending the clothes she left behind to the Salvation Army. He had Marie help put her clothes in boxes which she found quite difficult. She asked her father where her mother went. He didn't know. Sometimes people just have to get away, he told her. She was trying to find a place where she'd feel happy, he explained trying to comfort Marie. After Diane's parents died, she was afraid she'd die before she had a chance to live.

Marie wanted her mother. She needed her. Her father assured her that they'd be all right...