Frank protected her from the world as best he could, but when he left for Korea she fell in love with a louche young man who eventually abandoned her. The two of them were extremely close growing up, especially as they really only had each other in the face of distant parents and a cruel grandmother. By the end of the novel, he has experienced a degree of healing. He rescues Cee and brings her back there, and starts to confront who he is and what he wants. Much of the novel is his grappling with his memories of what happened in Korea, the slow erosion of the relationship with a woman named Lily, and his complicated relationship with his hometown of Lotus. In one such episode, he finds himself institutionalized but he knows he had to get out to get to his younger sister, Cee. He often experiences spells of deep panic. Frank's service in the Korean War left him subject to intense emotions and PTSD. Frank is a young man, only 24 years of age, and already a veteran.
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