How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Woodrow went to the window and watched his daddy go out the walkway to the road, where the old Ford was parked. I walked over and stood at Woodrow's elbow. It was still light enough out there that I could see somebody in Uncle Everett's car. It was a blond-headed woman. Woodrow clutched the windowsill with one hand, and I could see his knuckles turning white. (9.35)
Poor Woodrow doesn't just feel left behind and abandoned by his mother; he also feels like his dad's done the same thing. Sure Uncle Everett is still checking up on him, but he's moved on with his life now that Belle's out of the picture.
Quote #5
I remembered the day Daddy built the tree house for me. I was barely big enough to get up the steps, and Mama fussed at Daddy because she said I was too small to climb up there and play. So he promised he would always go with me until I was old enough to go by myself. And he did.
Until he died. (11.58-59)
Gypsy always assumed her father would be around to take care of her and watch her grow up… but then he died. She can't believe that he would just leave her life like that after all of his promises.
Quote #6
Then how come he was so interested in checking the ads every Sunday, I was thinking, but I didn't say it. Because it all fit together—Woodrow's great interest in the newspaper every Sunday and no other day. He was looking for his mother to send him a message through the classified ads. So he really didn't believe his own farfetched story. (14.39)
Even though Woodrow is always telling Gypsy that his mother's gone into another world, she can tell that it's just a fairytale he makes up to help himself feel better about her leaving him. He knows that she's in the real world and that she left without saying goodbye to him. It's just a tough pill to swallow.