Book 2, Chapter 6, (Intermezzo) Summary

Wednesday, August 12, 1998 Clare = 27

Clare is by her mother's bedside in her last hours. She has battled ovarian cancer and she passes peacefully at Meadowlark after months of sickness.

Saturday, September 12, 1998 Henry = 35: Clare = 27

Henry misses Lucille but misses Clare even more. Since Lucille's passing, Clare has not been the same.

Wednesday, November 26, 1998 Henry = 35: Clare = 27

Clare goes to her mother's room and studies her writing desk, searching for a key, which she cannot find. Henry opens the desk via his extraordinary talents and leaves Clare to work her way through the hundreds of papers. Clare finds a poem written for her and understands that her mother loved her. She weeps and her old self returns.

Book 2, Chapter 6, (Intermezzo) Analysis

Clare sharing her mother's last hours suggests that even thought she may not have appeared close to her mother, she still held...