CHAPTER 7

Summary

• The chapter opens with the main character being helped by her son JoJo. She is feeling down and has a hard time doing even simple tasks.
• After sleeping most of the day, she confesses to her husband that she has been worried for her mother, who may be being mistreated and living in poor conditions.
• She shares stories from her past, including the promise she made to herself to bring her mother back with her to Parambil if she ever found out her mother was suffering.
• The day following her confession to her husband, he disappears. After worrying where he could be, he returns with her mother. The main character's mother has clearly aged and has been mistreated, but she's overjoyed to have been rescued them.
• Her husband had visited the mother's home, seen the poor conditions, and stood up to the harsh uncle to take the mother away.
• The mother is overwhelmed at the plentiful meal offered at her daughter's house, highlighting her previous destitution.
• Later, the main character's mother realises she is pregnant and they share in the excitement of the news.
• The chapter closes with the main character, relieved to find her mother safe and excited about her pregnancy, pondering on the importance of believing that everything happens at the right time. She imagines her future stature as the respected matriarch of the Parambil family.