Class Pictures
Class pictures from kindergarten through high school are evoked along the way as a sort of unifying device for Pat's memories of her friendship with Lolly--a fat, blond, timid doctor's daughter and only child who is rejected by the other children but befriended by the stronger, popular Pat. Then in adolescence Lolly becomes pretty and popular with the boys, and feels forced into a mindless female role until she begins to assert herself as an environmental activist.