Part 12, Introduction

<a data-internal-link data-link-type="Character" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-year-of-the-flood/major-character-analysis/#150401">Adam One</a> addresses the Gardeners and three new people he calls “Fellow Mortals.” These three people—Melissa, Darren, and Quill—joined the Gardeners after surviving <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Symbols & Motifs" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-year-of-the-flood/symbols-and-motifs/#150409">the Waterless Flood</a>. They avoided contamination through isolation: When the Flood hit, Melissa was in a hilltop yoga studio, Darren was in a hospital ward, and Quill was serving a sentence in solitary confinement. Now the Gardeners are gathering in an old Happicuppa franchise, where they also gained access to a storeroom and can sustain themselves with powdered milk and refined sugar. Adam One reminds everyone that Happicuppa, as a producer of “sun-grown, pesticide-sprayed, rainforest-habitat-destroying coffee products” (444) greatly jeopardized the environment, which is why some former Gardeners decided to join the movement against Happicuppa. Adam One encourages everyone to rejoice in this new “rearranged world” and to notice how much cleaner the air has become without the man-made pollution. Then he urges them to remember Saint Rachel, who dedicated her life to bird conservation, and who was brutally killed by the chemical corps for her environmental work.&nbsp;Adam One finishes his speech on a hopeful note: He thinks that the rainforest must be regenerating after the Flood, and that nature will repair itself soon.

Part 12, Introduction Summary: “Of the Gifts of Saint Rachel; and of the Freedom of the Spirit”

Part 12, Chapter 68

Part 12, Chapter 68 Summary: “Ren. Saint Chico Mendes, Martyr: Year Twenty-Five”

Part 12, Chapter 69

Part 12, Chapter 69 Summary: “Toby. Saint Chico Mendes, Martyr: Year Twenty-Five”

Part 12, Chapter 70

Part 12, Chapter 70 Summary: “Toby. Saint Rachel and All Birds: Year Twenty-Five”

Part 12, Chapter 71

Part 12, Chapter 71 Summary: “Ren. Saint Rachel and All Birds: Year Twenty-Five”

Part 12, Chapter 72

Part 12, Chapter 72 Summary: “Toby. Saint Rachel and All Birds: Year Twenty-Five”

Part 12, Chapter 73

Part 12, Chapter 73 Summary: “Ren. Saint Rachel and All Birds: Year Twenty-Five”

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Part 1: “The Year of the Flood”

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Part 2: “Creation Day”

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Part 3: “The Feast of Adam and All Primates”

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Part 4: “The Festival of Arks”

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Part 5: “Saint Euell of Wild Foods”

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Part 6: “Mole Day”

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Part 7: “April Fish”

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Part 8: “The Feast of Serpent Wisdom”

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Part 9: “Pollination Day”

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Part 10: “Saint Dian, Martyr”

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Part 11: “Predator Day”

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Part 12: “Saint Rachel and All Birds”

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Part 13: “Saint Terry and All Wayfarers, and Saint Julian and All Souls”

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Part 14: “Saint Julian and All Souls”

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