55 pages 1 hour read

Parents Weekend

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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Part 4-Reader’s NoteChapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child illness, death, and substance use.

Part 4: “Graduation Weekend: Three Years Later”

Part 4, Chapter 65 Summary: “The Roosevelts”

Cynthia is now the Secretary of State, and her security protocol is even more rigid than before. She has dinner with Blane and Mark to celebrate their graduation. Hank attends as well. He stopped drinking after the five’s abduction and released a new book last year. He and Cynthia are mending their relationship for Blane’s sake.


Blane and Mark have a summer trip to Europe planned, after which Mark will work with an AI startup in Silicon Valley, and Blane will attend a Georgetown graduate program in international politics. He recently told Cynthia he wants to be like her.

Part 4, Chapter 66 Summary: “The Goffmans”

Alice is struggling to cope with her grief over Felix’s death, especially on the day he would have been graduating. The dean, who has everyone working on Saturday because of graduation, is being rude and dismissive, as usual. Alice quits her job, thinking today should have been a new start for her son, but at least it can be one for her.

Part 4, Chapter 67 Summary: “The Akanas”

Ken retired so he and Amy could travel around Europe. Now they hold hands, kiss, and laugh again, and Amy realizes they’re happy. Libby lost some of her spark after the trauma of freshman year, but she’s finding it, and herself, again.

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