Chapter Eight Summary

Ginny gives birth to her first baby, a girl, Jewel. She says that everything was fine in her marriage until the first baby was born, then everything changed. Soon after Jewel is born, Ginny and her family prepare to go to another revival meeting. Tom agrees to attend with her. At the ceremony, the preacher is small and speaks quickly, but Ginny is enraptured. All around her, people begin speaking in tongues and the preacher, in turn, translates the messages from heaven. When Lily begins speaking in tongues, the preacher translates the message to say that there is someone who has stayed away from the church for too long and has become lukewarm. Ginny knows the preacher is speaking directly to her. She feels a heaviness pool in her chest and has to make her way to the aisle, clutching Jewel...