Chapters 18-22 Summary and Analysis

In chapter eighteen, Alice attends a seminar on how to think run by an ex-boyfriend named Kelly. At this meeting, she meets Shura, who tells her he is headed to Paris shortly to meet up with Ursula. Alice busies herself with the holidays for the next couple of months and shopping for her three teenaged children. At the end of January, Alice is invited to a house party with a spiritual teacher from India. Alice attends and again runs into Shura, who has recently returned from Paris without Ursula. Shura is unsure if Ursula actually ever has any intention of moving to the United States with him or has even informed Dolph of the affair. During the Indian music, Alice and Shura retreat to a back room of the house where Shura tells Alice about synthesizing psychedelic drugs. Before...