Present - Past, Pages 1-54
· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Paris, B.A. . Behind Closed Doors. St. Martin’s Press, 2016. Kindle edition.
· The author alternates between the past and the present and titles each chapter to indicate whether it takes place in the past or the present.
· In “Present,” pages 1-19, Grace and Jack are having a dinner party and she is jumpy.
· Their guests are long-time friends, Diane and Adam, and Rufus and Esther, who are new to the area.
· Diane and Adam have brought a flowering lily that Grace hopes Jack will plant where she can see it from the bedroom window.
· Esther brings a box of chocolates that excite Grace and she maneuvers so Jack does not get them.
· Esther is the opposite of Diane—tall, blond, slim, and reserved—and Grace notices she is the only...
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