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Summary
Eleven years after Katrina, Road Home settled Ivory's case. Ivory signed away her ownership of the Yellow House and its land and was given a small grant. Despite this, she continued to live in Lolo's house, afraid to touch the money, "As if too high a price had been paid" (371). The land will be auctioned off and Sarah wonders where she and her siblings will go to remember and recount. The story of their house is the only thing left.
Analysis
This very short section which is set apart from the rest of the narrative as an epilogue suggests that the loss of the land on Wilson is an important coda that needs to be held apart from the main narrative. The title "After" suggests that there can be a line drawn between the period in which Wilson Avenue was in Sarah's life and...
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This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 400 words per page) |
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