![]() ![]() ![]() When Jules gets better, Baby leaves the warmth of the foster home and moves in with him. Only when Jules is taken to a hospital for tuberculosis and she is put into a foster home does she realize that she craves stability and maternal affection she also likes connecting to other children her age, most notably Linus. Despite her dad’s heroin addiction and continual negligence, in her eyes he can do no wrong. When the novel begins, Baby is twelve and still very innocent. ![]() These sections become vignettes that connect temporally but can also stand alone. Each section has a title that situates the specific memory, and within each section there are numbered chapters that allow the reader to follow along linearly. This results in a confessional narrative, where Baby is looking back on her life but is still maintaining a childlike honesty within her memories. The novel is told from Baby’s adult point of view, and each section and subsequent chapters are told as memories from her childhood. ![]()
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