![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The only catch is that Terry and Jack have lied to Vivian, telling her that Molly’s community service hours are for a school project. Despite her anxiety around letting Jack help her, Molly agrees because she is afraid of being sent to juvenile detention or being kicked out by Ralph and Dina. Her boyfriend, Jack, arranges for her to fulfill her hours by helping Vivian Daly, the elderly, lonely woman his mother Terry housekeeps for, to clean out her cluttered attic. ![]() Molly’s only link to her parents is the charm necklace her father gave her for her eighth birthday.Īfter stealing a library copy of Jane Eyre, Molly is sentenced to fifty community service hours. Molly’s father died in a car accident when she was eight years old, and her mother, Donna Ayer, was soon jailed for charges related to drug abuse. As the novel progresses, it is revealed that Molly grew up on Indian Island, a Penobscot reservation. Even though Dina constantly criticizes Molly for her liberal opinions and “goth” self-presentation, Molly knows that Ralph and Dina give her a better, safer home than many of her previous foster families. Molly Ayer is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives with her foster parents, Ralph and Dina Thibodeaus, in the town of Spruce Harbor, Maine. ![]()
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