Lourdes Puente Timeline and Summary

Lourdes writes a threatening letter to Pilar and leaves for the bakery.
She goes to the hospital to view her father's dead body and to hear the story of his miraculous passing.
Lourdes discovers that Pilar is missing and heads south to find her.
Jorge returns to Lourdes 40 days after his burial and begins to speak with her.
She remembers her life in Cuba, her lost baby, and the rape.
Lourdes becomes an auxiliary police officer and chases the Navarro boy to his death in the river.
She plans a bicentennial celebration at her bakery and commissions a painting from Pilar.
Lourdes has to belly flop on the desserts to save Pilar's punk Lady Liberty from a slashing.
She stops eating in order to shed weight. She loses 118 pounds.
Lourdes goes to the Frick Museum with Pilar and has a vision of her lost baby boy.
She has a long talk with the fading voice of her father and learns of his role in her mother's behavior.
She travels to Cuba with Pilar. They find Celia in a bad state and bathe her.
She dances with Ivanito and she butters him up to convince him to leave Cuba.
Lourdes drives out to her old ranch and reflects on the hardships of the past.
She goes to the Peruvian embassy to check out the rumors of open emigration and has the opportunity to insult Castro.
Lourdes brings Ivanito to the embassy and promises him that she'll pick him up wherever he lands.