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Fannie FlaggThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 37-59Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 37 Summary: “Good-Bye, Mr. Hatchett”
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination.
In 1942, Stanislaw returns home, but Fritzi grows even more worried about Wink. Additionally, with gasoline rationed, her days grow more boring at the filling station.
A few weeks later, however, the Civilian Pilot Training teacher gets drafted, and the college asks Fritzi to take over teaching. She appreciates the opportunity to fly again.
Chapter 38 Summary: “Pulaski, Wisconsin”
Fritzi writes to Wink, updating him about her new job. She dreams of starting a flying circus with her sisters, Billy, and Wink. She says that his new son looks like him.
Chapter 39 Summary: “Pulaski, Wisconsin”
Angie pens a letter to Wink. She wonders why the war had to happen when it did because they had such a short time together. She knows he’ll be different when he returns home, and she wishes that they had had more time to just be kids together.
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