Owen endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials, and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Owen was also devastated when he died at the age of twenty-six. Married to his childhood sweetheart, Owen cannot let his love for his wife go. Owen goes to the Well over one hundred and fifty times, as well as becoming obsessed with the ODs for the first year of his death. Over time, Owen realizes that these actions are not good for Emily and he cuts it down to just one night a week at the ODs. However, Owen still has not let go of his grief nine years after his death. Owen cannot move beyond his own death because of what he lost in dying so young. In time, however, he finds peace in his relationship with Lizzie, which helps him adjust to the pain.

When Owen's wife dies and joins him on Elsewhere, they struggle to take up where they left off, soon coming to the realization that because Owen has regressed where Emily has matured, that they no longer have anything in common. Owen allows Emily to leave, realizing that he has come to accept his death and his loss of the love that was once so important to him.