Grace Timeline and Summary

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Grace Timeline and Summary

  • Old Grace returns to the Ottawa Valley.
  • The story flashes back to a young Grace during her summer spent as a waitress at Bailey's Falls.
  • Maury asks Grace out on a date.
  • Grace becomes involved with the Travers family. She's especially fond of Mrs. Travers.
  • Thanksgiving Clam Massacre, during which Grace fatefully cuts her foot on a clamshell. (Remember—this is Canada, where Thanksgiving happens in early October.)
  • Neil Travers takes Grace to the hospital. Their trip turns into a long, strange, and sad Sunday driving adventure. Grace drives back to Bailey's Falls. The next morning she hears that Neil died in a car crash.
  • Mr. Travers visits Grace and gives her a check for one thousand dollars.