Chapter 2 Summary

Annabel is excited to be in her mother's body, mostly because her mother does not have braces on her teeth. Annabel brushes her mother's teeth with more enthusiasm than she has shown her own in a long time and then experiments with her mother's various moisturizers and makeup bottles.

Annabel is so excited with her new look, she runs into the bedroom to wake her father. Annabel forgets who she is and punches her father to wake him, something adults do not normally do. Her father resists waking up, giving her only a grudging compliment on her makeup before attempting to go back to sleep. The alarm goes off before he can close his eyes again.

Chapter 2 Analysis

Annabel's enthusiasm is symbolic of her childish nature. Annabel is unhappy with her own adolescent appearance; therefore, in her mother's body, she is thrilled with...