Outline of Flowers for Trixie

The novel name came from the fact that Trixie loved flowers as we brought up in the first scene, She wonders where the wild flowers went during her grandparent's funeral. Her grave was also covered with flowers. She enjoyed getting flowers from the men in her life.

Trixie is orphaned. Her grandparents die in car crash in North Ga. 1980. Her mother had died at her childbirth and her brother had been sent off to live with their estranged father in La.

She goes to live with the preacher. She is mistreated, molestested and raped by Preacher and friend in Secret place. There is suspicion that other "orphaned" girls have been mistreated and possibly murdered by the Preacher's hand. THe Preacher kicks her out after she finds out that she is pregnant at age 13.

She wanders the streets and is befriended by the bus man who introduces her to her godfather,(Bubba) a disabled vet that runs a local bar. He likes having Trixie around as she takes care of the bar and is a good cook. He also loves her like a daughter but doesnt tell her so. She meets the beer man and runs off. Bubba gets furious as he learns that she is pregnant and possibly a 'wild child'.

The beerman and Trixie live in a small trailer and for extra money they start dealing drugs. Now Trixie is hooked. THey have the child and things get worse as they are on their last dime and decide to rob a drug store. They get caught and serve time. Trixie gets out in 18 months while her husband's father is taking care of baby. He meets a christian lady and tries to get custody. Trixie gets a divorce while in jail and also gets an inheritance from Bubba who suddenly dies of ongoing illnesses.

With the money,she gets out of prison and gathers her child and returns to North Ga. homeplace. SHe lives with her brother who has returned from La. and works at the mill. Her brother falls in love with the neighbor's daughter, marries and moves to another town (close). The Preacher is still around, his wife has died and he is after Trixie, now wants her as his family, believing that her child is his. After many conflicts, the preacher retaliates and rapes her sister in law who lands up in Mental hospital. Trixie has a final visit from Preacher during her recovery from a hysterectomy, and shoots him in self defence. Her and her brother, get rid of the body and there is eventually an inquiry. When Trixie's brother feels that they are fixin to arrest him for the murder from the evidence aquired....he leaves N. Ga. to La. (Land's End, to become a shrimper once again) and hid out. Eventually they are cleared from the murder and her brother begs Trixie to come join him and his new family in LA. She decides to go to a town close to Atlanta where one of her ex- prison mates was from and promised a job and "new' men.

Trixie and her child go to Sparta, she gets a factory job and an apartment and finds a good babysitter. SHe doesnt lke the men the ex con offered her and eventually goes bar hoppin. SHe has an accident at the factory and is in pain, also accentuatin g her need for medication. She files a claimf or w/c with a shifty lawyer and has surgery. It doesnt work and she goes to a chiropractor with a referral from her neighbor.

THe Chiropracotr is friendly but has her problems, eventually hires Trixie, who meets a young man and marries again. She quits the office work and gets a ck from w/c which she uses to rebuild a homeplace (her husband's family) and play housewife. SHe gets to know the young neighor who is living in sin with a doctor next door, but is also an old school mate of her husbands. Her husband suggests that she go back to work as the money is sparse. He is a young selfish kid.

Trixie goes back to work at the factory as she is too embarrased to ask for her job back at the Chiro clinic...hasnt talked to them in a year or so. She has to start on night shift...and comes home sick one night to find her husband in bed with her neighbor. She makes a fool of herself but her husband kicks her out of "his" house and marries the neighbor andthey have a baby. Trixie is devasted and goes into mourning. A friend tells the Chiro about it and the Doc calls Trixie. Trixie comes back to work at the clinic. She meets the key man who doesnt wanta commitement but treats her well. He is also a bouncer at the clubs so she is drinking alot and staying out late. Trixie gives her man , an ultimatum and he tells her toleave. She moves in with Doc at her pool house and eventually gets involved with one of the pts.

Marvin is a married man that plays santa and co owns a pawn shop. His younger wife, whom everyone thinks he adores, is getting worse with her arthritis, but works in a governemnt agency. Everyone loves her. Marvin lives with Trixie in a rental house he gives her. She quits the chiro clinic and becomes his rental manager. They party hardy! He looses alot of weight on drugs and everyone thinks he is ill. He gives her a ring and plans t divorce but he has too many assets (deeds that he shows Doc). Doc is torn between the money as a pt and getting in the middle of the drama.

In the meantime Doc meets a cop who is also a friend and pt. He is also going through maritial difficulties but they become good friends and keeps her informed. Doc also starts to go out wih Wayne as friends . THey play trivia and plan on a mini vacation to Florida with friends andkids.

This weekend, Labor day (and also the weekend that Princess Di died) and after confrentation with Trixie, Doc goes and has a goodtime with Wayne in FLorida. They notice Trixie missing after they get home. Doc also gets a phone call from her cop friend that there was a shooting...Marvin killed his wife and then himself. It was billed as a mercy killing in the paper.

Wayne reports Trixie as missing. They all are interogated and the investigation goes on. Finally Trixie's body is found dismembered in a barrell laced with acid on the Johnson's property in another county. Mr. Johnson's father admits his role to Doc,b ut laughs that he got away with it.

Trixie's child goes to live with Trixie's brother and eventually is promised the home place in Devil's Hollow where he mother is buried close by.....with alot of flowers.