![]() Hardly a brief chapter goes by without Gabriel thoughtfully learning life lessons delivered by his elders, and the ending, in which the Hunter family moves from Birdsong, SC to Michigan in search of better work and the hope of less overt racism, is bittersweet but somewhat unrealistically easy. He’s clearly chafing at the current parades for returning white veterans and holding back information on his own service, worried it might bring unwanted and perhaps violent attention that worry is confirmed when Lucas’ actions lead to near-tragedy and the shadow of suspicion falling on Mr. Hunter is a paragon of self-control, avoiding Lucas and slowly winning the professional respect of the white customers. Haberlin’s other employee, Lucas, is a no-holds-barred bigot. It should be a match made in heaven, except for the fact that Mr. ![]() ![]() Haberlin owns a service station and has just lost a mechanic. Hunter is a returned vet, looking for work as a mechanic a grateful Mr. Meriwether Hunter pushes him out of harm’s way and repairs the bike to near mint condition. ![]() Gabriel Haberlin celebrates his twelfth birthday in 1946 with a new bicycle, which he promptly rides into an intersection just in front of the town’s worst driver. ![]()
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