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Chapters 1-6

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Freitas, Donna. The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano. Viking, 2021.

• The novel begins by Rose Napolitano, a sociologist and college professor, holding her daughter, Addie, after giving birth.

• Rose shares that she cannot believe she once resisted the thought of having a child.

• The novel then transitions to Part 1: Rose, Life 1 on August 15, 2006.

• Rose and Luke are having a fight after Luke discovers Rose's unconsumed bottle of prenatal vitamins, which she promised she would take in their efforts to have a baby.

• Rose confesses she has changed her mind altogether and does not want to be a mother.

• Next, Rose reflects on the first time she and Luke met - March 14, 1998, Lives 1-9.

• Rose has just completed her doctorate in sociology and is having her pictures taken by Luke, who shares a story about...

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