Summary

The third part of the novel begins with an interlude from the recurring omniscient perspective. In this case, the interlude consists of a tongue-in-cheek, contemporized introduction to the myth of Weegit, the trickster raven. The myth is told in colloquial, playful language, yet this interlude feels evasive, as if the narrator is not fully ready to divulge the whole truth about the trickster raven.

The narration then cuts to the present; Lisa's mooring her boat at Monkey Beach and she "...can hear them in the trees...they begin to giggle." (296). Lisa recalls the last time she was at Monkey Beach -- it was the previous year, 1988, with Jimmy. This is an important indication that the past-tense narration has almost caught up with the present; Lisa has nearly finished recounting her story. That year Lisa was living in...