The Book Woman's Daughter

As the doctor drives Honey to the women’s prison, they see Wrenna and her rooster on the edge of town. They talk about her job being helpful for emancipation, and how Doc and Millie will be visiting her family in Sweden over the summer. Doc and Honey arrive at the prison after five hours of driving. When checking in at the gate, a guard asks Honey to take off her gloves and gawks at her blue hands.

After the guard makes a phone call, Mama is brought up to the crash gate in a wheelchair. She is wearing a robe and a cast, and an aide unties one of her arm restraints so she can hold hands with Honey through the bars. When Doc asks Mama about her treatment, she mentions they took her underwear after the sterilization. Honey gets upset and starts yelling at the guards. The guards take Mama away, and Doc talks to the captain, saying he has permission from the warden to examine Cussy Lovett. The captain refuses, despite Doc informing him that he will report him to the governor later that week.

On the way back to Troublesome, Doc and Honey don’t speak for a few hours.