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Jennie is a prostitute who lives beneath August and her family in Brooklyn. At a certain point, a social services worker brings Jennie’s children to her, but (largely because she’s addicted to drugs) she doesn’t pay sufficient attention to them, so the social worker returns several years later and takes them away.
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Jennie Character Timeline in Another Brooklyn
The timeline below shows where the character Jennie appears in Another Brooklyn. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
A beautiful young woman named Jennie moves into the apartment below August and her family. Jennie is from the Dominican Republic,...
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...take bets about whether or not a stumbling man will fall over. Meanwhile, August hears Jennie leading men to her apartment, telling them not to touch her until they give her...
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Chapter 6
...a woman from child services comes to August’s building and delivers two young children to Jennie, who joyously yells out that her “babies” have returned. Ecstatic, she asks August to watch...
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Chapter 8
In the fall, the woman from child services returns and takes Jennie’s children away once again. The woman has to carry the younger child in her arms,...
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Chapter 12
August starts looking for Jennie’s children wherever she goes, curious about what has become of them. When she’s not thinking...
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