Describe what Winter is like in the first six chapters of the novel.

In the first six chapters of the novel, Winter is a teenager who first lives in the projects of Brooklyn. She has everything she wants. She acts like the other girls in her neighborhood, but it is clear that her life is not that of a typical girl in the ghetto. After her family moves to Long Island, the dichotomy of her life is more pronounced as she lives is an exclusive suburb, but longs for the mean streets of Brooklyn.