![]() ![]() After that, Dinitia begins to befriend Jeannette. ![]() She carries him home and sees Dinitia watching her from across the street. One day, Jeannette helps a young African American boy escape a dog attack. At recess, Jeannette is jumped by a crowd of girls, led by a bully named Dinitia Hewitt, but she does not tell her parents about it. The students and teachers at Welch blame Jeannette for thinking that she is better than them. Rose Mary sees the destitution of the town as an opportunity to establish herself as an artist since there would be no competition nearby.īrian and Jeannette are placed in special classes for children with learning disabilities at Welch Elementary School because the principal is unable to understand their accents and they are unable to understand his. Rex takes his family on a tour of the town and explains that the very first food stamps were handed out in Welch after hard times came to its people in the 1950’s. ![]() Welch is a picture of destitution and unemployment, though in earlier days it thrived as a coal mining town. ![]() After meeting Erma, her father’s mother who refuses to be called ‘Grandma,' Grandpa Walls, and Uncle Stanley, Jeannette is shocked to find no resemblance between them and her father. After a month of driving, the family finally makes it to Welch, West Virginia. ![]()
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