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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

• Joan Foster runs away to Terremoto, Italy to start a new life after faking her death by drowning.

• She thinks about her husband Arthur and begins to regret her actions.

• She envisions Chuck Brewer, Sam, Marlene, Leda Sprott, her mother and father, and Aunt Lou.

• To avoid being recognized, Joan cuts her long red hair with nail scissors and burns it.

• Her landlord, Mr. Vitroni, comes to the door with paintings and persuades Joan to buy one.

• Joan buries the clothes she wore when faking her death and buries them under the apartment building.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

• Joan wakes in the morning thinking about Arthur and begins to cry over never seeing him again.

• She makes a list of items she needs and sets off for town.

• When she returns, she fears someone is waiting inside her apartment.

• Joan reviews her Costume Gothic manuscript and realizes the...

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