inally gained satisfaction when the courthouse burned down and all the records were destroyed.

Glen was constantly in and out of jobs, forcing Anne to be the main bread maker of the family. Under these circumstances the family was forced to move often to a place where Glen could find an odd job or two. At one point in time the children were eating nothing but crackers and ketchup for dinner, the only meal of the day. While finical situations continued to get worse, Glen got on edge and took his frustrations and anger out on the only thing he could find, Bone. The abuse stared out as simply physical when Bone would do something to annoy Glen. But, soon after Anne miscarried Glen's child and was unable to have anymore children, his hopes were lost for ever having a son and he turned to Bone for more intimate comfort. Even though the book never specifies Bone's age at the time the abuse started to reader can assume she is prepubes

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