Summary

Chapter 10 opened with a photo of Fannie and Bridgett, taken in Detroit in 1990. Bridgett included a letter she had written to Fannie in 1989, thanking her for the $900 Fannie had sent. Bridgett thanked her mother for always being ready to help, and never making her feel guilty about asking. She said she had applied for a teaching job and felt it would be a good job with good benefits, though it would not begin for a few months. She said she hoped her mother was proud of her. She was 29. Within a week, Fannie was diagnosed with cancer. Bridgett knew Fannie was sick, but Fannie did not tell her that it was cancer until after Bridgett completed her interviews for the new job. She did not even tell Burt until much later. Bridgett looked back on it knowing that...