How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The car tossed up a cloud of dust as it climbed the unpaved road to Grammie's house. The house was small and needed paint, but orange and white wildflowers lined the front yard, and a porch surrounded it. It was the first time I'd seen the house […] We never visited Grammie here.
"Damn, I guess this is it." Mom shut off the engine. She stared through the filthy windshield. "It ain't much."
I looked over at her. "You're right. Let's go back to that sleazy motel on the highway. I'm feeling homesick for the fragrance of stale cigarette smoke, carpet mold, and whatever the heck that other smell was." (2.12-14)
Grammie's home might not be much to look at, but Dani realizes right away that it's way better than the places she's been hanging in. Home sweet home, it is.
Quote #2
We both stared at the house then willed our feet forward. Suddenly we had a home, a safe place to be, even a small bank account. It was a foreign feeling for the both of us but especially for me. I'd never had a real home before. Mom had even managed to get me yanked from our sordid existence twice. Once, I ended up in a foster home where the people ignored me as if I was merely a piece of furniture. The foster mom, who scowled from the moment she woke up until she shuffled off to bed at night, poured a ton of salt into everything she cooked. (2.18)
Even Dani's life with her mom wasn't a real "home." They moved so much and Dani was in constant danger of being removed from her home. Now they finally have some security. Fingers crossed that it lasts…
Quote #3
Now, it seemed, we had a chance to sleep in a place where we didn't have to shove a chair beneath the doorknob for safety. Now, it seemed, we had a chance to stay in one place longer than four months. Now, it seemed, we had a chance to be normal. (2.19)
Yay for normalcy. For Dani, a home means a chance at an average, run-of-the-mill life, which sounds pretty good after years of living with a drug-addicted mother.