Chapters 22 - 24 Summary

In class one afternoon, while Francesca is supposed to be researching for homework, she types "depression" in to the search box. Both Thomas Mackee and Justine see what she's doing and confront her about it. Justine describes the many different types of depression to help Justine narrow down the results. They decide Mia is suffering from acute depression and that she must get to the root of her sadness before she can be healed. They go through a variety of reasons why Mia might be depressed - from marital problems to redundancy at work, financial stress, and bereavement. Francesca realizes that her mother's moods have been swinging since Nonno died a year age. She blames her father for never letting Mia talk about her emotions, and insisting that everything was going to be alright. Francesca decides to confront her father about...