Part 3 Summary

This section also begins with Tara's memory of walking with her mother along the rose walk, her mother having been ordered to exercise by her doctor since she was pregnant with her fourth child. Tara spies something shiny on the ground, and with a squeal of delight, bends down, thinking she has found a pearl, but she is surprised to find a snail crawling along on the ground. She reaches to pick it up, but Tara's mother walks on, uninterested.

Tara was soon to be ousted from her position as the youngest of the family, with the birth of her younger brother, Baba. He was said to be the prettiest baby of all, but he soon proved to be different from the other children. He learned slowly and seemed to have no desire to interact with the world. Their mother was not happy...