![]() ![]() The stranger seemed to come from nowhere, and had the odd name of Joe Christmas. The next day, Lena arrives in the town of Jefferson and sees a house burning in the distance.īyron Bunch, a worker in the Jefferson planing mill, recalls when a stranger showed up and began working at the mill. Armistid’s wife, Martha, takes pity on Lena and gives her the money she’s been saving up from selling eggs. She is confident that she will find him and that the family will be reunited by the time the baby comes. Lena explains that she is looking for the father of her child, Lucas Burch, who left Alabama and promised to send for her but seemingly never did. ![]() On the journey she encounters two men, Winterbottom and Armistid Armistid offers her a ride and then invites her to stay the night at his house. Lena Grove, a pregnant and unmarried young woman, is traveling barefoot from Alabama to Mississippi. ![]()
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