A Thousand Acres: A Novel (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
We dressed in our nicest casual clothes, baked our noodle-hamburger casserole and our brownies, and went together, the two families. Rose made us stand up straight so she could survey us before we got in the car. “Respectable to the core,” she declared. I have to admit that the sight of Daddy startled me. In only five days, he had been transformed. The sight of him stopped me in the doorway of the church hall, so that Rose, coming behind, ran smack into me. I said, “Look at him.” “Well, I didn’t expect Harold to wash and iron his clothes the way we do. He’s obviously worn the same thing since Monday night.” “But his hair’s all standing on end. Doesn’t Harold have a comb he can lend him?” Rose stepped around me. “For that matter, why don’t they go over to Daddy’s house and pick up some of his stuff? It’s none of our business. It just goes to show you.” “What?” “How much we were actually doing for him. Namely everything.” Her voice was bitterly triumphant, and she marched into the hall with her pan of brownies, smiling and greeting everyone in the room.
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