Summary

Win’s Revival is told from Win’s perspective. It begins with Win and her mother lifting her Grandfather’s trunk into the car and her mother saying they are going for a ride. Win says her mother has been avoiding her since “the incident” (147).

Win reflects back on life leading up to the incident. She and her mother moved in with her grandparents after Win’s father left.

Win was a mediocre student and a good athlete. Win thought her classmate Linda Carol was beautiful and she sometimes wondered what it would be like to have Linda’s body pressed against hers.

Win’s mother started taking pills and Win came home to find her passed out in the bathroom one day. Win knows her mother’s problems stem from her father leaving. Win’s mother got better for...