To Whose Country Have I Come? Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Summary

Loretta is pregnant again and unemployed and Pat is spending four months in jail for the vicious attack on Maureen. Jules is now eighteen and visits Maureen who is in a catatonic state since the attack. Loretta is in complete denial over Maureen's condition and continually feeds Maureen sweets thinking that if her daughter eats, she must be fine. Jules loves his mother and sister but cannot visit often because the continuing devastation to their lives is almost more than he can bear and he is powerless to stop it.

Jules bumps into a woman named Faye on the street one day and she takes him home because he is lightheaded from lack of food and sleep. Jules becomes intimately involved with Faye who is being kept by a...