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Summary
Part 1, Chapters 1-3
Part 1, Chapters 4-5
Part 1, Chapters 6-10
Part 1, Chapters 11-15
Part 2, Chapters 16-22
Part 3, Chapters 23-27
Part 3, Chapters 28-33
Part 3, Chapters 34-40
Part 3, Chapters 41-49
Part 3, Chapters 50-57
Part 4, Chapters 58-63
Part 4, Chapters 64-67
Part 4, Chapters 68-74
Part 4, Chapters 75-79
Part 5, Chapters 80-84
Part 5, Chapters 85-87
Character Analysis
Themes
Symbols & Motifs
Important Quotes
Vocabulary
Essay Topics
Quiz
Granny Tipper dies. Cady describes all the things she and Harris collected for Clairmont House, and she recalls her grandmother fondly. Thinking of her makes Cady feel as if she had melted: "I was pure liquid loss" (28). Everyone in the family tries to act as if nothing bad had happened, in typical Sinclair family fashion. No one spoke of Tipper. Gat still talks about her in ways that Cady thinks are "so casual and truthful" (29). Gat and Cady trade tokens of love. He leaves sayings for her, while she gives him drawings. Cady says she feels "no barrier between" the two of them (31).
Cady recalls an accident in summer fifteen when she was hurt by the ocean at night. She recalls nothing. Her head, hands, and feet hurt. Her mother takes her back to Vermont. She writes to Gat and Johnny but never hears back. She thinks Gat has left her.