41 pages • 1 hour read
Ana CastilloSo Far From God
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.
Chapters 7-9 Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 7 Summary:“Caridad Reluctantly Returns Home to Assume a Life as What Folks in “Fanta Se” Call a Channeler”
During Caridad’s absence, doña Felicia rents out her trailer to a young couple with a baby on the way. More and more family memberstake up residence in the trailer, until there are six adults, five children, and a dog. The family gradually stops paying rent and, after six months, leaves the trailer in the middle of the night and steals all of Caridad’s remaining possessions.
Caridad returns to the trailer after a year, and doña Felicia welcomes her. Caridad’s powers have increased, and “Eventually word got around and Caridad earned herself a respectable reputation as a medium if not as a miracle worker” (119). Caridad now has the power to hear a client’s problem, allow herself to dream about them, and then provide accurate answers or solutions.
Chapter 8 Summary:“What Appears to Be a Deviation of Our Story but Wherein, with some Patience, the Reader Will Discover That There Is Always More Than the Eye Can See to Any Account”
We step away from the main characters and instead focus on two women in a relationship: Maria, a tarot card reader and social worker; and Helena, a landscaper. The two women head from their home in California to the city of Truchas, New Mexico, which is Maria’s, “true native homeland” (123), andwhere her ancestors have been buried. Though they were once in love, at this point in time, Maria and Helena’s affections have diminished.
