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The journal talks about chronicals Jerry's life since from the point time he started and his family begin living in the country on his grandparentsgrandfathers' property on in an old trailer of his, until to the point he comes back returns to Bedford which he had left before. His family had to leave their house at home in "Bedford" because after his father lost part of his leg in a leg factory accident and after that his mother became unemployed, so they couldn't pay for the house rent. During his this time at his grandparent's, he and his sister are schooled at home, and they start drinking well-water from a well. Since Once they're off the [[Parepin]], they start becoming more aware of things , and start becoming angry at the current state of their lives. His Later, his sister , Hannah, steps on a nail and contracts tetanus and was . As a result she is taken to the hospital back to Bedford, where Jeremiah drinks begins to drink Parepin-treated water again. He eventually succumbs to the sense-numbing effect of the water, attributes his time off Parepin as to a "test of faith,." and barely shows emotion at When his sister's dies a hideous death from Tetanushe barely shows emotion. His mother gets another job, and they stay in the city.