Red Notebook Summary

Molly and Anna research Quemoy. Molly has just learned her friends, the Forest brothers, are in jail. When she asked at headquarters about this pair, she is originally told the two were not in trouble. She now asks why they lied, and is given a lecture by headquarters on not panicking. Both Anna and Molly consider leaving the party. Anna and Michael talk about the communist party just before bed. That night Anna dreams of looking at the world from a distance. She sees different areas covered with different colored fabrics. Then the colors merge and the entire world is covered with a new color, then it all disappears into chaos. Although she cannot catch the meaning of this dream, she remembers the happy feeling that it gives her. She is happy.

Anna next includes the events of a writers' group...