The Art of Fielding Chapter 42 Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Pella guzzles wine at Maison Robert with David and makes awkward conversation about their marriage while waiting for her father to show up.
  • Guess who's not coming to dinner: her dad. He calls and says he's running late, but she tells him not to worry about it.
  • She's on a roll, telling David how manipulative and controlling he is.
  • When he gives her an earring, she does a very mature thing—she swallows it.
  • It doesn't puncture her esophagus or anything, but she goes to the bathroom to puke it up. At least she rinses it off.