Leonie left Jojo alone, and while she was gone Pop’s brother, Stag-who is “sick in the head”-walked past outside.
Jojo explains that nowadays he calls his mother by her first name, Leonie, rather than “Mama.” He recalls a time just after Mam was diagnosed with cancer, when his grandparents left him alone with Leonie. After they kill the goat, Pop sends Jojo back inside, saying he heard Jojo’s three-year-old sister, Kayla, crying. Jojo’s father, Michael, has many tattoos, some of which he got in prison. Jojo’s other grandfather, Big Joseph, is white, and Jojo has only met him a couple of times. Jojo and his grandfather, Pop, slaughter a goat for the family to eat.
Jojo’s grandmother, Mam, is undergoing chemotherapy (a treatment for cancer), so she sleeps a lot. The first chapter is told from the perspective of Jojo on his thirteenth birthday.
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