Part 3, Chapter 39

Part 3, Chapter 39 is a verse chapter in which the speaker describes starving in the streets during a cold winter, the hunger transforming him into a mythological creature called the “windigo / who cannibalizes himself” (174).

Part 3, Chapter 39 Summary: “Windigo”

Part 3, Chapter 40

A few weeks after Jesse moves in with Josh, Leeroy turns up desperate and penniless in his father’s car. Two days later, Josh, who is now a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, throws Jesse and Leeroy out when he finds them smoking pot in his house. Jesse and Leeroy drive around looking for a place to park and discover that the streets are full of people who are unhoused. Leeroy refuses to tell Jesse why he left home. Eventually, the car battery breaks down, leaving the pair stranded. By the third day, it becomes difficult to find food, as Jesse and Leeroy get caught shoplifting. Both men call their respective homes, but neither receives any help; Grandpa tells Jesse that he is not part of the family anymore. Two weeks into sleeping in the car, Jesse begins to burn up, developing ketoacidosis (a diabetic complication). One of the locals, Troy, introduces Jesse and Leeroy to job agencies for temporary jobs and places to sell their clothes.

Part 3, Chapter 40 Summary: “Adrift”

Part 3, Chapter 41

Part 3, Chapter 41 Summary: “End of a Friendship”

Part 3, Chapter 42

Part 3, Chapter 42 Summary: “Rou Garous”

Part 3, Chapter 43

Part 3, Chapter 43 Summary: “Never the Same”

Part 3, Chapter 44

Part 3, Chapter 44 Summary: “A Gust of Molecules”

Part 3, Chapter 45

Part 3, Chapter 45 Summary: “Suburban Wastelands”

Part 3, Chapter 46

Part 3, Chapter 46 Summary: “Family Wedding”

Part 3, Chapter 47

Part 3, Chapter 47 Summary: “Crack”

Part 3, Chapter 48

Part 3, Chapter 48 Summary: “Canadian Streets Greasy With Indigenous Fat”

Part 3, Chapter 49

Part 3, Chapter 49 Summary: “Caught Up”

Part 3, Chapter 50

Part 3, Chapter 50 Summary: “Rat”

Part 3, Chapter 51

Part 3, Chapter 51 Summary: “Aftermath”

Part 3, Chapter 52

Part 3, Chapter 52 Summary: “A Bottle Full of Pills”

Part 3, Chapter 53

Part 3, Chapter 53 Summary: “Smitten”

Part 3, Chapters 39-53

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