Summary

The novel is told in first-person past by the protagonist, Emily. In Chapter 1, we learn that she and her best friend Kristin were on a week-long vacation in South American. They had been there for five days and had two nights to go. Emily had not seen Kristen for over a year, and she had been suffering panic attacks and nightmares the entire time. Back with Kristen, Emily felt relaxed at last. The two women made birthday wishes for one another’s 30th birthdays, though their birthdays were not here yet. Kristen wished that Emily would get a promotion at the organic cat food company she worked at. Emily wanted to wish that Kristen would move back to Milwaukee from Australia and that things would go back to normal, but she did not want to be selfish, so she wished that Kristen’s...