Welcome to Methuen Home
Mrs. Deardorff gives Beth the tour of chapel, classroom and dormitory, interrupted by Jolene's foul mouth, and promises the two of them will be good friends.
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9 moments.
Jolene and the magic green vitamins
At the pill window Jolene tells Beth to save the green ones for bedtime, asks her name, and wants to know the last thing her parents ever said.
Jolene explains who gets adopted
Mary-Sue packs for her new family while Jolene tells Beth that the rest of them are lifers, too old or too Black for anyone to come for them.
Jolene explains what a cocksucker is
Beth asks Jolene the meaning of the word she has been throwing around, and gets a health-book anatomy lesson in return.
No more tranquilizers: the pills are cut off
Fergussen stops handing out the green pills under a new state law, and Jolene warns Beth about withdrawal and a building full of jumpy orphans.
Jolene turns up at Beth's door with news of Mr. Shaibel
Jolene reappears after years, teases Beth about her house, brings word that Mr. Shaibel has died and lays out her plan to become a lawyer and a radical.
Jolene tells Beth to stop digging and gives her a present
Jolene sees the pills and wine, cuts through Beth's Michelangelo self-pity, tells her to stop digging, then reveals she took the book years ago.
Car ride: Jolene on the law firm, Rick and wanting what Beth has
Driving to Methuen, Jolene explains the gifted car, the white firm that hired her for the times, and why she envies Beth's long run at the top.
Jolene pays for Moscow: we weren't orphans, that's what family does
Jolene offers her law-school savings for the trip, refuses the guardian-angel label, and tells Beth they have always been each other's family.