![]() ![]() ![]() They talk about what went wrong and he says he always knew it wasn't going to "work out", but the conversation ends with Frances saying "come and get me", implying that they will ultimately resume their messy affair. The book ends with Nick accidentally dialing Frances's number a short while later. The two end up sort-of getting back together and growing closer again. Frances admits she still resents Bobbi for breaking her heart. Bobbi tells Frances that Frances tries to convince herself that others don't care about her in order to justify treating people badly. They have an honest conversation about their break-up. Afterwards, she finally reaches out Bobbi to apologize. Soon, Nick and Frances break things off, and Frances purposely cuts herself, badly.Īt the end of the month, after another bout of pain and fainting, Frances finds herself at a church, praying to God. Nick also tells her that he and Melissa are sleeping together again. In early November, Frances gets an ultrasound, and the doctor says she has endometriosis, an incurable uterine disease that causes pain and possibly infertility. When Bobbi finds out, she is furious and moves out. Melissa's mentor, Valerie, hooks Frances up with the editor of a literary magazine who offers generous compensation to publish a story that Frances wrote about Bobbi (which is somewhat unflattering), which Frances neglects to tell Bobbi about. Nick also confides in Frances about how he was depressed and ended up in a psychiatric treatment facility the previous year, which is when his marriage started getting rocky and when Melissa began her own (now terminated) affair.Īround this time, Frances is broke because her father has neglected to deposit her allowance. Despite the revelation, the foursome remains friends. She also says that Nick is someone who will say what you want to hear and is so passive that he wants a partner who will take all responsibility for his actions in relationships. However, Melissa tells Frances that Nick ultimately won't leave her (Melissa). The next day, Nick tells Frances that he has confessed to Melissa about the affair, and Melissa knows they will continue seeing each other. After a second bout and blackout, Bobbi and Nick take care of her. When Frances has a bout of abdominal pain and bleeding, she is hospitalized and an ultrasound is scheduled. She also asks Nick to hit her after they have sex, but he refuses. She immediately tells Nick, who accuses her of rubbing his face in it. Meanwhile, Frances is dismayed to realize that she is in (unrequited) love with Nick, and she has sex with a random guy off Tinder. Bobbi needs housing and moves in with Frances. In Part Two, in late August, Frances and Bobbi return to Dublin. Frances and Nick resume their affair, but Nick admits he still loves his wife. In August, Frances and Bobbi end up taking up an offer to vacation with Nick and Melissa at a villa in France. (Nick mentions to Frances that he has never cheated before this, but Melissa has in the past.) When Nick soon goes out of town, Frances feels miserable without him, but she acts coldly towards him when she feels insecure. ![]() As the duos spend time together, Frances and Nick develop an interest in one another, while Melissa and Bobbi are more drawn to each other.Įventually, Frances and Nick begin an affair. Meanwhile, Melissa and Nick are going through a rough patch in their marriage and no longer sleeping together. Frances and Bobbi previously dated for a year in high school, but are now platonic. Frances's mother encourages her to be forgiving of her father.īobbi is gay, Frances and Melissa are bisexual and Nick is straight. Frances also tends to self-harm when she is upset. Melissa is a semi-famous essayist/writer, and Nick is a handsome actor.įrances's parents divorced when she was young, since her father was an abusive drunk, but he still gives Frances an allowance which she feels guilty taking. ![]() At the beginning of the summer after their junior year, they befriend an older couple, Melissa (37) and Nick (32). In Part One, Frances and Bobbi, 21-year-old college students in Dublin, are a spoken-word poetry duo. ![]()
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