Summary

In this section of the novel, the narration shifts to focus on Amanda, who is feeling restless and dissatisfied in her job as events coordinator at the Haddington Senior Center. She is planning logistics for the next guest speaker at the Center’s lecture series. The speaker is an unsuccessful local author. Amanda receives a call from the author’s wife who informs Amanda that he died earlier that week. The narration then shifts to Eve, who is attending the funeral of Roy Rafferty, who coincidentally died not long after Eve banned him from the Center. Eve feels rather guilty and uncomfortable. The narration then shifts back to Amanda, who is attending her weekly yoga class. She thinks about her tattoos and how so many seniors at the Center seem to disapprove of them. In the locker room after the class, Amanda sees...