ClubFaundez's Journal #2

As we begin to get further and further into the book new events and situations keep on popping up. In chapter 8 Novalee proceeds to have her baby and we follow her on her Journey for the aftermath of it all.

Novalee’s finally in a safe and secure environment. When Forney showed up at the Wal-Mart, police and ambulance came to bring her to the nearest hospital. By this time, the news about her having her baby had spread quick across town. At the hospital there was many reporters there. Many people from different places sent Novalee letters and money. She was confused why, but didn’t really complain. In this part of the story I think Novalee must have felt extremely overwhelmed. I mean, her 2 months living in a store, having her child in a Wal-Mart, now reporters wont leave her alone. From the looks of it, she must have felt stressed because I definitely would be. But she didn’t show it much. The money that was given to her would help her a lot because of needing a place to live and raising her family. Her mom showing up at the Hospital was definitely a pleasant surprise considering she hasn’t seen her mother in a while. Her mom talks to her a bit about what had happened and proceeds to talk to Novalee about plans to help her. Her mother took Novalee’s money and told her she would pick her up later that afternoon. But never returned. Sam Walton was nice enough to offer her a job at the Wal-Mart and sister husband took her in to live and take care of her.

Through out these chapters it get’s really repetitive, mostly focusing on Novalee settling into Sister Husband’s place and meeting new people around town. One of the people she meets goes by the name of Troy. This part interests me a lot because he wants to get romantically involved with Novalee and she doesn’t really deny the offer. It confused me a bit because I thought her and Forney had fallen in love or something. She gets to know Troy more and he seems to only want her for her body. Shows no respect towards her (She really knows how to pick em right…). On their second date Novalee sleeps with Troy and has a pregnancy scare. Thankfully she wasn’t pregnant. By then, she got troy out of the picture. This reminds me of the society we live in today. The disrespect some boys/men show towards women is absolutely unacceptable. Get’s me angry and frustrated.

As we move on Novalee seems to be doing all she can to make sure that Americus has a great life. Christmas soon approaches, so one afternoon Novalee and Forney go out together to look at Christmas trees they can bring home. They were out for a few hours, not too long, but when they return home, the UNTHINKABLE happened. Novalee found out Americas had been kidnapped.  When I read this I totally did NOT expect it what so ever. It got me scared and I was really surprised. Definitely a huge cliff hanger.