Summary

In Chapter 14, tired of talking about Graham’s death, Annie feels relieved to get away. She had been thankful to visit with her old friend, Edith, before going to the cottage. Yet Edith seemed confused when Annie spoke of "the meaningless of death" (153). When she broke down, Edith reminded her of the good times with Graham. The day after, Annie walked past the bookstore, grief-stricken by the image of Graham in the window advertising the memorial. Afterwards, she looked through the book she and Graham made together, Memoir with Bookshop, feeling "pulled back from her sense of smallness, of emptiness" (157).

In Chapter 15, on the drive, Annie lets herself feel sad. At the cottage, she reflects on the time she and Graham spent there together. In town later, Annie sees a sign advertising her childhood friend Sofie Kahn's cello recital. She spends the rest...