Summary

The podcast transcript that begins Chapter 9 talks about a day hundreds of crows came to Maddy’s house. Maddy said they symbolized the end days, and people say she went crazy after this. This is why they call her Mad Mad Maddy. Maddy was taken to the hospital with blood all over her.

Kenny considers his conversation with Mrs. Morgan, and he considers how well-meaning white women telling Black men what to do, particularly when the woman is right, rubs the men the wrong way. He still wants to bring Maddy to the prom. He feels guilty by association because his friends bullied her, and he never stopped them. He goes to The Good Old Days and sees a mammy statue. He asks Maddy about it, but she does not know that there is anything wrong with it. He tells her...