Part V Summary and Analysis

Fall 2008

Kathy was having memory lapses and times when she couldn't remember how to do the simplest tasks.

At times, she found herself holding the phone and calling someone but having no idea who she's calling or why. The family home was redone and expanded. The office was a total loss and they decided to replace it with a home office. Doctors could find no cause for the pain in his side. Zeitoun was convinced it had been caused by sorrow. It took him a year to regain the weight he lost.

The first place they drove to after Zeitoun was released was their house on Dart Street. The stench was overpowering. Without Zeitoun there to plug up leaks and keep things repaired, more water had seeped in. The interior was totally ruined. Zeitoun thought of the dogs. He...