![]() ![]() Elden arrives 15 minutes late and is furious when Jenna calmly tells him his mother’s hip is too bad for her to join him for breakfast. Gladstone and then goes to the restaurant to meet Elden. The following morning Jenna relays the conversation she had with Harry to Mrs. ![]() Gladstone, but Harry calms her down and tells her, “‘All you've got to do, no matter what old Elden says, is to smile and tell him that you absolutely understand, but his mother can't see anyone today” (95). Jenna panics at the suggestion that she meet with Elden instead of Mrs. Harry is understanding and explains that Jenna will have to “‘diffuse the situation because that boy’s coming to town with bad news for sure’” (95). Gladstone wants to get Harry Bender’s advice before talking to Elden, but since she has already taken strong pain medication for her hip, the job of calling Harry falls to Jenna. Gladstone tells Jenna that Elden has decided to join them tomorrow to discuss a business opportunity. Just as Jenna is enjoying her break from the constant company of Mrs. Gladstone appoints Jenna, who works in one of the stores, her personal driver. President and owner of shoe stores from Chicago to Texas, the elderly Mrs. Louis Beauregard hotel the following evening, and Mrs. A high-school student with a passion for selling shoes may be a hard sell to teenagers, but Bauer (Sticks, 1996, etc.) makes 16-year-old, too-tall Jenna Boller a convincing narrator in this story of love and loss in the shoe business. ![]()
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