While reading these chapters of the book, Sophie  has left her mother and is now married to Joseph and has daughter name Brigitte. You could see how Sophie is maturing and becoming a adult and making her own decisions. She went to Haiti to visit Tante Atie and her grandmother and they was extremely surprised to see her. She couldn’t Believe she was all grow and wasn’t a kid anymore also tante atie is learning how to read and write after all these years.