Summary of Peter Elkind's The Death Shift

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#1 Genene Jones was from San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in a wealthy family. She was adopted, and despite being unwanted and unloved, she still managed to find a way to make herself loved.

#2 Genene Jones, a nurse from San Antonio, was the first permanent settlement in the city’s downtown. She grew up in a wealthy family, and despite being unwanted and unloved, she still managed to find a way to make herself loved.

#3 Genene Jones was a nurse from San Antonio, Texas, who grew up in a wealthy family. She was adopted, and despite being unwanted and unloved, she still managed to find a way to make herself loved.

#4 Genene Jones was a nurse from San Antonio, Texas, who grew up in a wealthy family. She was adopted, and despite being unwanted and unloved, she still managed to make herself loved.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350025965

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

San Antonio, Texas, is a beautiful and tranquil city, but it is also one of America’s poorest cities. It is a dependent city that relies economically on outsiders.

#2

The first permanent settlement in San Antonio was made in 1718, when Spanish soldiers and missionaries established an outpost in the wilderness. The city grew slowly until the beginning of the cattle drives during Reconstruction and the arrival of the railroad in 1877.

#3

San Antonio was a city that catered to a variety of tastes. It was a city of gamblers, and they were largely liked for their colorful personalities.

#4

Dick Jones was a large, strong man who had a passion for Cadillacs and T-bone steaks. In 1933, he married Gladys Leola Fowler, a twenty-two-year-old Ohio native who had moved to Texas five years earlier. They had plans to adopt children.

#5

The Kit Kat Klub was a hot spot in San Antonio, Texas, and was known for its scandalous atmosphere. It was owned by Dick Jones, who was known to avoid the law by operating a private club in one room of the restaurant.

#6

While Dick and Gladys were married, they lived a lavish lifestyle. They took a year off to travel around the world, and when their children arrived, they settled down. Dick shared his largesse with others, but he was still anathema to respectable San Antonians.

#7

The Joneses were a rural couple who had a strong family bond. They were also very religious, and attended Catholic schools together. They had a lot in common, and were close friends.

#8

In 1966, Dick Jones’s youngest son, Travis, died when he was working on a homemade bomb. Jones began to focus on his new business, Dick Jones Outdoor Advertising, which rented out giant billboards and placed ads on bus benches.

#9

Genene was the Jones family’s most promising child. She was intelligent and assertive, and she easily dominated conversations. She loved to tell stories, and she had the gift of magic hands: she could crochet and sew and bake.

#10

Genene Jones was not popular at her cowboy high school. She was bossy and obnoxious, and she always seemed to be in a rush. She had a difficult time relating to her classmates, who were mostly driving, drinking, and dating.

#11

Genene’s father, Dick, had been suffering from terminal cancer since October 1967. He was baptized a Catholic in late November, and by January 1968, he could no longer climb down the stairs from his bedroom. He was withering away.

#12

Genene Jones’s choice of a husband was as misguided as her timing. At the age of 19, she married a high school dropout named Jimmy DeLany. He had all the makings of a loser.

#13

After Genene’s wedding, she and her new husband moved into a guest cottage on the Jones estate. But her husband’s intermittent work habits soon prompted financial arguments. Genene began sharing her marriage bed with other men.

#14

Genene’s search for affection knew no bounds of loyalty. She was married, but she had a partner who