Shooting the Moon Chapter 7 Summary

  • Two weeks later, another package from TJ arrives.
  • Fingers crossed it contains a letter with juicy details of people getting blown to bits—or, that's what Jamie hopes.
  • It doesn't.
  • She's bummed when all that comes are two rolls of film.
  • Reluctantly, she goes to the dark room to develop them.
  • When Jamie sees Hollister there, she tells him she's not sure if TJ got the pics she developed for him before.
  • He points out that it's only been a week since she sent them, so he probably hasn't even received them yet.
  • Hollister starts to ask her something, but then stops abruptly; he says it can wait until later.
  • Jamie goes back to developing the photos and finally comes across some blood.
  • It's oozing out of a soldier's stomach, which is all bandaged, and she's so excited she can hardly contain herself.
  • When she runs out to show Hollister, he tells her he's not interested in seeing photos of soldiers dying over there. It's too real.
  • What? Why? Jamie asks him point blank if he's know anyone who died in the war.
  • Yep… his brother.
  • It turns out Hollister's brother died early on in Vietnam, and it really shook his mom up.
  • Jamie is stunned. She can't believe someone actually died over there (even though it is a war). How did this happen? Newsflash: people die in wars, Jamie.
  • Later, Jamie looks at the photo again. She decides not to show it to her mom. She doesn't want to worry her.