How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The Colonel offers Karate Night as a public service, same as Jaycees on Tuesdays and Miss Jennifer's Ballroom on Mondays. Wednesdays we hold Emergency Bridal Showers. (6.22)
The café doesn't just serve food, it's a kind of community meeting hall for all the residents of Tupelo Landing. They even have regularly planned events like Karate Night and Ballroom.
Quote #5
"I hear the Tyson brothers found Jesse's body at Fool's Bridge. And-"
"Who told you that?" Starr asked, his voice sharp.
"Everybody. It's all over town." (6.80-82)
Poor Detective Starr. He's trying so hard to keep his investigation contained, but he doesn't realize how close-knit the Tupelo Landing community is, and how gossip spreads like wildfire. All of his leads are out in the open.
Quote #6
"No one's on their own in the eternal sense of things, Mo," she said. "If no one else volunteers, we'll have a service at the café."
"A funeral? For Mr. Jesse?" I said. "Do you think anybody will come?" (8.49-50)
Mr. Jesse wasn't all that popular in life because he was a mean, stingy old man, but that doesn't mean that the town will forget him when he's gone. Mo is skeptical, but Miss Lana assures her that everyone will show up for the funeral.