Méditation de Thaïs by Jules Massenet, Cello and Piano. Performed by Yo-Yo Ma with Kathryn Stott, Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Chapter Twenty: When Miss Floreen tells Keisha that the baby is dead, she hears Suleimān playing Méditation de Thaïs by Jules Massenet. The haunting resonance inspires Miss Floreen to sing what she knows best. She sings Remember This, and during Christoph’s emotional reprieve, Miss Floreen soothes Keisha, balancing her grief with a promise of peace. A moment of grace emerges, and Keisha feels it softening her from the inside out. She begins to feel what her mother has known but has never lived inside herself. Guided by her mother, Keisha embraces Christoph’s tune, and they sing: