Summary

Chapter Seven, “Annie Oh” - In first-person, present-tense narration, Annie describes feeling unsettled after recalling so much of her past. She pours herself some of Minnie’s hidden supply of cheap wine, sits in her bedroom, and reflects on her upcoming wedding – how she is glad that Ariane and Marissa are going to be her attendants, how she is defiant about Andrew’s not coming, and how understanding she feels about Orion not coming, if he chooses not to. She also wonders whether it really was the ghost of Josephus Jones she saw at the house in Three Rivers, sometimes in the basement while she was working; she imagines hearing his voice urging her to think about what she really wants in her life and in her marriage. This, in turn, leads her to reflect on how...