Reading Response- Looking After Lily

       The first day that Dr. D told us to get out our books and read, I didn't have a book.  So I proceeded to go to the library to quickly find a book and make my way back to class.  I grabbed a book off the fiction shelf, read the inside cover and figured if it wasn't good, I only had to read it for 10 minutes and I would find a new book later.  When I got back to the classroom and started reading it, I ended up liking it!

       I'm not very far into this book, but I'm pretty sure that one of the major themes will be forgetting and letting go.When Haywood finally gets out of jail, his younger brother tells him to look after his pregnant wife Lily.  All Haywood wants to do once he gets out of jail is get out of Bastrop County, but now he has Lily coming with him.  They gather the little money they have and set out to San Antonio.  The two have many struggles along the way, not suprising, considering the two are 20 and 16 years old.  Haywood may be out of jail, but his younger brother is not, and he has to accept that to make a better life for himself.  When Lilly and Haywood find a place to stay, Haywood sets off to find a job and isn't back for 29 days.  He kind-of forgets to tell Lily where he is becuase he is so focussed on finding a job.  It is sad that Haywood almost has to force himself to forget about his brother and Lily so that he can find work and create a better life for himself and eventually Lily and the baby.