1Q84 Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part I, Chapter 17, Aomame Summary

Part I, Chapter 17, Aomame Summary

Aomame sees two moons in the sky the next morning. She remembers one moon, but now there are two moons. She wonders why more in the world has not been more seriously altered, such as tides.

Two days later, she meets with the Dowager at Willow House once more. She and Aomame discuss how perceptions of the same thing change over time. They have dinner, and continue discussing things like good and evil. The Dowager had a daughter who, in circumstances similar to Tamaki, ended her own life. After her daughter killed herself, the Dowager opened the safe house for abused women. Tamaru is the dowager's bodyguard.

The Dowager also tells Aomame that another job has come up, one that is a little more difficult. It concerns a ten year-old girl named Tsubasa. Her uterus has been destroyed. The girl blames it on The Little People.

Part I, Chapter 17, Aomame Analysis

The two moons prove...
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