Chapter 19 Summary

Davey's mother has been seeing her therapist for two weeks and is showing signs of improvement like joining Bitsy's jazzercise class. Meanwhile Bitsy is reading a book entitled How to Feed Your Kids Right and getting deeper into mothering Jason and Davey. Davey finds consolation in hopes of going home soon. One day Davey sits in the kitchen while her mother cooks the first meal she has made since they got to Los Alamos. Davey asks her mother what she talks about with the therapist, Miriam Olnick. Her mother is still hesitant about Davey's direct questioning. She can't look at Davey when she lets Davey know that she discusses the loss of Adam. As they eat dinner, Davey gets quietly angry at Walter for only picking at her mother's spinach pie. He tries to appease his actions by letting Gwen know that he...