With their mother's death looming, they all fly to California where their parents live.

To avoid a funeral, Nat throws a lukewarm farewell party.

Danny and Walter invite April and Nat to stay with them at a rented cottage on Long Island.

The final part is a prolepsis to Louise's conversion at Catholicism although she is a Jew.

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