![]() She does, however, give in when Milo asks if she will employ his son Bastien, who has just come out of rehab. Feeling her brother has never even tried to understand the family business, Jessa squashes his advice. Once he resurfaces, Milo begins suggesting Jessa sell the shop. ![]() When Libby randomly starts rearranging the shop's window displays into pornographic scenes, Jessa demands Milo help her deal with their mother. Instead of confronting her sorrow, she hides herself in work at the shop, barely spending time with her brother Milo or mother Libby. Devastated by her father's death, Jessa is unable to grieve appropriately. In a letter he leaves for Jessa, he begs her to upkeep the business and take care of the family. In Mostly Dead Things, the first-person narrator, Jessa Morton inherits her father Prentice Morton's taxidermy shop after he commits suicide. Mostly Dead Things, Tin House Books, 2019. ![]() ![]() The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Arnett, Kristen. ![]()
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