Summary

Chapter 15 takes place in 2012 and focuses on Bertie. The time frame in 2012 is simultaneous to Viola's experiences in Chapter 13.

Bertie was participating in a marketing conference. She was listening to a man named Angus speak about new marketing terminology and strategy, but she wished she wasn't doing that. The night before Bertie and Angus had had sex, an experience Bertie deeply regretted. The two were very different and bothered each other. Their night together had been born of drunkenness. Bertie had met him through Match.com.

Bertie daydreamed while Angus presented. She thought about her mother and grandfather, both of whom told her that becoming infatuated with one's own children happened to everybody. Viola had tried to push along the process by encouraging artificial insemination. Viola had also become dismayed when Sunny had gotten a girl pregnant, and...