In this part of the book, Sophie is returning to Hati after being away for many years. As the chapter begins we see that Sophie is not the same young girl who left Hati, she is now a woman and a mother. We also see that even though she went to America and in a sense became American even married one, she still holds her Haitian culture. She speaks the language like she never left and honors her aunt and grandmother, the women who truly raised her. This is a connection I feel Sophie never really had with her mother even though her mother loved her.

My favorite part of the chapters would have to be Tante Atie reading, something that she seemed very afraid to do.