The club reads Handling Sin by Michael Malone.

Merit, who first thinks she is going through menopause, finds out she’s pregnant. She marries Frank, and her daughters are happy to have him for a stepfather. Merit has a girl, and Frank names her Portia. Merit sees Eric at their eldest daughter’s high school graduation and finally talks back to him, telling him her life with him was hell.

The club reads The Stand by Stephen King.

After helping counsel Faith, Audrey realizes she wants to be a minister. She tells Grant how she felt visited by God, who asked him to help her do His work. The Housewives support her as Audrey goes through pastoral training. Grant reveals that Stuart contacted him, and that Stuart tested HIV positive. Audrey proposes Grant for the Angry Housewives, and he is voted in. The women welcome him by teasing him about a secret pledge.

The club reads My Antonia by Willa Cather.

Kari is upset when her brother Anders dies. Audrey is now a pastor and youth counselor. Faith feels she is a new person and isn’t comparing her life to that of others any longer, and made up with her husband. Grant stood by Stuart as he died of AIDS.