View a FREE sample

Letters from Sarah

Emily receives these throughout the novel, giving her insight into the terror in her sister's life.

Articles

Emily writes these throughout her life, but she never completes a single one.

Dog

Emily adopts this while living with Jack in Iowa City. Jack accuses her of using it to fill a hole not having a child has left.

Tree

Emily and Jack make love under this object while walking one day. Jack later uses this afternoon for one of his poems in a new book of poetry that is published after Emily leaves him.

New York Sun

Walter Grimes is a copy writer for this newspaper when his daughters are young.

Food Field Observer

Emily is working for this magazine when she meets Jack Flanders.

Poetry Books

Emily reads Jack's first volume of these in order to feel closer to him.

Barnard College

Emily receives a...

(read more Object Descriptions)

This section contains 216 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample