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Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
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Chapters 19-26Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness.
Chapter 19 Summary: “Key Lime Brandy Snaps”
Teenage Jenny struggles to keep her quickly growing pregnancy a secret from her father. As her body changes, she feels compelled to tell him the truth, but she doesn’t want to shatter his belief that she is the perfect daughter. When she cannot finish the brandy snaps she made for their dessert, he demands to know what is wrong. Jenny tells him the truth, and he apologizes, saying that he has failed both her and her late mother.
In the present, Jenny practices preparing key lime brandy snaps for the next week of Britain Bakes, which is a cookie-themed episode. She grows worried when Bernard has a coughing fit, but he insists that she leave for the competition anyway. Rose calls to wish Jenny good luck and share the news that she was promoted to partner. Jenny is proud of Rose and wonders how it would feel to have others be proud of her.
Chapter 20 Summary: “Chocolate Teacakes”
Teenage Jenny becomes increasingly attached to the idea of having her baby, although her father has not spoken to her in the week since she revealed the pregnancy. At Aunt Ethel’s urging, Jenny’s father tells her to go to a mother and baby home, where she’ll live for six weeks before and after having the baby in secret, then place it for adoption.
