Prologue and Part 1: Chapters 1-7 Summary

"Sundays at Tiffany's" opens with a prologue featuring Michael running to see Jane at New York Hospital. He thinks of Jane dying, and panics, remembering them together at the St. Regis Hotel, and other memories he has of them. The book then turns immediately to Part 1: Once Upon a Time in New York. This section focuses on Jane's childhood, and begins with her and Michael eating ice cream together at the St. Regis. They play a game where they guess what couples around them are up to, their histories and life stories. Jane is eight, and Michael is a grown man. However, when Michael points out Jane's mother, Jane examines her mother and thinks about Michael as her imaginary friend.

In Chapters 2 and 3, still in the same setting, the reader learns that Jane's mother, Vivienne...