Grace Timeline and Summary
MoreGrace 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.