Summary

Chapter 23, "The Value of Pie," finds a saddened Iris the following day, just before she is supposed to close on the sale of the farm. She remembers waiting for John the night before, coming across his private journal and reading it despite knowing it was wrong. After reading John’s conflicted thoughts about Iris, whom he clearly adores and respects, she understands that his obsession with finding Laura is an attempt for him to heal the wreckage of his past. Laying down in her bed trying to nap, Iris looks back on all the wonderful times she had with her ex-husband Ed in Boston. She thinks that after so many years apart, they might have another chance to be happy together, and perhaps even adopt a child, suggesting that her desire to have children and inability to conceive was a cause of their...