Summary

Chapter 33 – The narrative then tells several brief anecdotes about the grandfather’s life after the death of his wife. Towards the end of his mourning period, he met a woman at an aerospace conference, and they slept together for one night. During his mourning period, he attended a support group for members of the Jewish community who had lost a loved one, but the grandfather struggled to connect with the other mourners and the rabbi who ran the group. Lastly, the grandfather relates an anecdote in which he attended an aerospace conference where he met Wernher von Braun. Von Braun was present to receive an award for his achievements. When the grandfather approached von Braun to speak with him, he witnessed the elderly von Braun urinating into a nearby ficus plant. After the ensuing embarrassment, the grandfather and von Braun had a surprisingly...