A Thousand Acres

Ginny remembers her mother and the fact that, while she was not beautiful, she always fit in with farming society. Ginny fondly remembers going into her mother’s closet and touching her clothing. When she thinks of her mother, it is often of her closet.

Following the church supper, Jess moves into Larry’s abandoned house. As Ginny goes over to prepare the house for his arrival, she decides to try to find something of her mother's. She doesn’t find anything and remembers that Mary Livingstone had organized cleaning all her mother’s belongings out after she died. Giving up on her search, she goes to make up a bed for Jess. She decides to put him in her old bedroom.

After making up the bed, she lays down in it. She is suddenly overcome with a memory of looking at Larry’s bald spot while he sucked on her breasts. She realizes she was sexually assaulted by her father. She is overcome with emotion and begins crying and calling out to Rose. She then begins screaming. She is soon worn out and goes home and is surprised to see it is only 9 a.m. She feels like a whole new chapter of her life has begun.