Celia del Pino Timeline and Summary

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• Celia guards the coast of Cuba in front of her house one night and sees the spirit of her dead husband approaching over the waves.
• She swims out to greet him but he disappears.
• Celia tells Felicia of Jorge's passing.
• We get the story of Celia love affair and illness, her marriage, horrible in-laws and first baby.
• Celia goes to the sugarcane fields to help the revolution.
• She returns and sees Felicia's condition has deteriorated. She takes Luz and Milagro home with her.
• We see the first passel of Celia's letters.
• Celia has Herminia drive her back to Felicia's house because she senses danger and finds her daughter and Ivanito on the brink of death.
• We see the second passel of Celia's letters.
• Celia becomes a civilian judge for the state and hears a would-be adultery case.
• Javier returns to Celia and she has to try to nurse him back to health.
• She fetches the old santera, who spontaneously combusts.
• Javier leaves her and Celia finds a lump in her breast. She has a mastectomy.
• We see the third passel of Celia's letters.
• Celia finds Felicia just before she dies in Havana.
• We see the fourth passel of Celia's letters.
• Celia buries Felicia according to her daughter's wishes. Celia then goes for a swim in the ocean.
• She's still wearing Felicia's bathing suit when Pilar and Lourdes arrive. She's a mess.
• She sits with Pilar on her swing and shares her memories.
• Pilar paints portraits of her according to her own direction.
• Celia goes to the Peruvian embassy with Pilar to retrieve Ivanito. They are unsuccessful.
• Celia heads to the beach for one last swim. She drops her pearl earrings into the sea.
• We see Celia's last letter.