![]() ![]() With her older brothers gone, her mom working, and her father laid-up, the onus of the farm work falls to D.J. She and her tough-talking friend, Amber, who is a year older, have fun joking and laughing together, but as the summer goes on, D.J. A big girl, tall and strong, she is self-conscious about her appearance. He is unable to take care of all the farm work.ĭ.J. D.J.’s father injured his hip in an accident with a manure spreader and is now forced to use a walker. Bill and Win packed up and left the farm after getting in a fight with her father. D.J.’s mother works two jobs and is not home very often. They all keep their feelings inside instead of talking about them, leading to repressed anger and problems. D.J.’s older brothers, Bill and Win, both received college football scholarships. Once a coach, D.J.’s father has named all of their thirty-two cows after famous NFL stars. lives with her mother, father, and younger brother, Curtis, on their small dairy farm in Red Bend, Wisconsin. describes her thoughts and feelings in a breezy, almost journal-like style. grows and matures in her abilities to understand and express herself and to interact with others. Dairy Queen (2006), a contemporary coming-of-age novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, follows the life of Darlene Joyce Schwenk, or D.J., as she navigates high school, romance, football, farm life, and her relationships with her uncommunicative family. ![]()
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