Book 2, Chapter 4, (One) Summary

Monday, June 3, 1996 Clare = 25

Clare is eight weeks pregnant and Henry disappears. She feels a gentle tug on her insides that grows stronger, she miscarries at the Illinois Masonic hospital. Gomez and Charisse take her and Henry arrives at the end.

Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, 1996 Henry = 32

Henry arrives at the sleep lab exhausted; this is the fifth time he has been here and he has vivid, unexplainable dreams of Clare, himself and Ingrid. These are images of pain, anguish and emotion. Kendrick and Larson are trying to put him back on the bed and he asks if they got it; they reply yes.

Book 2, Chapter 4, (One) Analysis

With the first miscarriage, Niffenegger allows the reader an inkling as to why it happens, and she also shows us how the event effects Clare emotionally. She was so enthusiastic initially and...