Summary

Section 5: Pages 244-294

The "Sections" of this guide have been demarcated by the writer of the guide, rather than the novel's author. "Section 5" refers to the following: "Yessenia Lopez" (244), "Michelle Volkmann" (248), "Joanne Madsen" (264), "Jimmie Kendrick" (271), "Michelle Volkmann" (275), "Mia Oviedo" (278), "Yessenia Lopez" (283).

The narration titled "Yessenia" begins on page 244. Yessenia tells Teddy's father how Teddy talked about how much he loved him. It is a lie, but it makes him feel better. Mia cannot stop crying. She also notices how Beverly and her husband are there, sitting in the back, trying to stay out of the way. She feels bad for them.

When Yessenia gets back from the funeral, she follows through on something she had been planning for a while. She straps herself to a tree on the road, like one of the people protesting nursing homes. She has a sign that...