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Sandra BenitezA Place Where the Sea Remembers
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 13-14Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 13 Summary: “Rosario ‘Chayo’ Rodriguez del Marroquin, La Ramilletera (The Flower Girl)”
Chapter 13 comes full circle, bringing the narrative back to Chayo and Candelario, although this chapter focuses on Chayo’s perspective. The chapter opens with Chayo on the beach selling her paper flowers. Her son Tonito is with her, selling Chicklets. When it begins to rain, they take refuge in the shelter of a building under construction, where they meet the birdman, Justo Flores. Justo reveals that his dog Yoyo has died. He gives Tonito a small piece of paper with a fortune printed on it, but Chayo dismisses it as “absurd” and throws it away.
At home Chayo prepares the mole sauce for Esperanza and Rafael’s wedding. Marta comes to the door, begging once again for Chayo’s forgiveness. Chayo refuses, saying, “For what you did, there is no forgiveness” (151).
At the wedding, Esperanza and Rafael dance and celebrate before boarding a bus to Guadalajara. After the wedding, doña Lina will travel to Veracruz to live with her eldest son Tomas. Marta’s friend Luz becomes romantically involved with César Burgos, the fisherman. Fulgencio Llanos is the wedding photographer. As they walk home, Marta’s son Richard asks to sleep over with his cousin Tonito. Chayo agrees.
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