Eden Close: A Novel Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Andrew, a businessman, is in charge of the advertising for a pharmaceutical company.
* He is recently separated from his wife and has come home to bury his recently deceased mother.
* Andrew hopes to fix up his childhood home to put it for sale, and to return...
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