In the story's preface, the author introduces herself as someone who has struggled with depression for years. This book reflects on women with mental illnesses and how the three female characters are viewed and treated differently. One has recovered, one is in recovery, and one was never given a chance.…
Charlie wishes to leave the campus as soon as possible after a tragedy happened to her roommate Maddy. Charlie meets Josh in front of the ride board, who is looking for someone to split the fuel cost. Josh is going to Akron, but he can make a quick stop at…
The narrator shares with us her physical growth and the memories she shares with the family throughout her childhood. Then tragedy strikes the family, leading the narrator to realise that beauty does not last. At seventeen, the narrator sees her father smile again since the tragedy occurred. Also, at this…
LaRue Cook began driving for Uber and Lyft after leaving his job as a senior editor at ESPN. He started his story with the passing of his father when he was 15. His father's death changes his perspective on human relationships and reexamines the existence of his life. In his…
Tuppence is complaining about her dull life after getting married to Tommy. She wishes something adventurous would happen that would excite her. While discussing their lives, Mr Carter, the Chief, pays them a visit and asks them to run a detective agency to investigate a ham merchant and a hidden…
William was born into slavery in the early 1800s on a plantation in Jamaica. William's mother, Stella, was a house slave to the Mowatt family. Stella was often abused by her master Cargill Mowatt or whom they called Massa. William has a younger brother Sammy who claimed as Massa's biological…
One-Sentence Summary: A wealthy family living in a rule-bound community is curious and obsessed with a struggling family who lives a freestyle life. Shaker Heights appears to be a happy place to live. It seems filled with lovely community and various facilities, including golf, riding, tennis and boating. That summer,…
A man walks to an unknown destination and meets his Russian friends in a dilapidated building. Then, they exchanged a parcel with an American after he paid his money to them. The vagueness of the story continues with another character named M. le Marquis, who wears a mask visiting a…
One-Sentence Summary: Amy is missing on her wedding anniversary with a series of clues for her husband, who initially thought it was part of their anniversary's tradition of solving clues but ends up with a sinister revelation about the real Amy. Nick Dunne was a magazine writer in New York…
A man shot himself in front of the narrator Joan when she was having dinner with another married man. The narrator introduces the man as Vic, who used to be her boss. The story continues with Vic's family background and how their affair started. The affair then leads to his…