Chapters 10 & 11 Summary

In Chapter 10, Hair of the Dog (Siddalee, 1965) Mama and Daddy went to the only nightclub in Thornton the night before. Caro, one of the Ya-Yas, came home with Mama when Daddy got angry about how wild the Ya-Yas were acting and went to the duck camp. The next morning, Mama and Caro both have bad hangovers but they have to go back to retrieve Mama's high heeled shoe, left at the nightclub. They take all the children with them, even though they haven't had any breakfast and Mama hasn't fixed 12-year-old Sidda's beautiful, waist-length red hair.

Caro and Mama stop to buy the children a breakfast of sugary donuts and Coke. They stop by Teensy's house where Caro and Mama jump onto the bed where the Ya-Ya and her husband Chick are sleeping. The hungover couple refuses to get up, so Caro and...