Part 1, Amulet Summary

Dolores sits on the stairs in her mother's empty house, thinking how weird it is to be back in this house after thirty years. Nothing seems to be where it belongs. Dolores thinks perhaps someone other than her mother cleaned the house after her mother's death. Dolores stares into the kitchen and remembers the day of the wedding and all the noise and excitement that was in the air.

The morning of the wedding, Dolores wakes early and runs downstairs. Dolores finds her father on the back steps with his hands deep in the belly of the rabbit Fran had loved so much the day before. Frankie encourages her to come closer and see the rabbit's heart. Then he chops off the foot and tells her it is for Celesta, for luck.

Part 1, Amulet Analysis

This short passage is a sort...