Summary

Chapter 4 – Summer and her family (including Summer’s dog Thunder) leave early in the morning to join the rest of the harvesting crew. Their trip is interrupted by Obaachan having to stop to take care of her bad back, and then made uncomfortable by a quarrel between Summer and Jaz, Summer commenting in narration that no-one (including her grandparents) seems to understand how difficult it is to have someone like Jaz for a brother. They eventually arrive at the farm home of the Parkers, who run the harvesting company. Before going into the house, they stop on the front porch, where Summer is pleased to see a wicker chair of the sort she’s always wanted. After going into the house and finding the Parkers, Summer and her family meet the other members of the crew, including Irishman Mick and a couple of...