Lacey’s cousin Lyle begins giving her Bible study lessons. Cherry orders taxidermy rodents which are delivered by a man named Stringy.
Lacey is sent to live with Louise’s mother, Cherry. Lacey cannot lie, and Louise is thrown out. Louise protests, saying Vern makes her work at the Diviners, a phone sex house for her assignment and that Lacey can attest she is sober. Vern banishes Louise for being with men and drinking. One Sunday, at church, a man in a Turquoise Cowboy hat interrupts Sermon, saying he is there to pick up Louise.
Louise drinks in secret despite promising to Vern to be celibate and sober for salvation. She tells Lacey not to tell Vern yet, but Lacey walks to church herself and tells him. Girl receive their first assignment when they are “of blood,” meaning get their period. Pastor Vern gives all the adults in his congregation assignments, which are meant to be secret. Recently, the drought is back and Vern forbids the buying of water so the town only drinks soda. They live in Peaches, a farm town of 1000 people who all worship God and Pastor Vern, the pastor who brought rain seven years ago which cured Peaches of a deadly drought. Lacey May, the 14-year-old narrator, gets her period while watching her mother, Louise, get ready for her assignment. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Bieker, Chelsea.
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