Little Earthquakes Study Guide

In the opening chapter, Lia's first person narrative is introduced. She is sitting in the park, reflecting on how once she would have taken steps to assure she'd be invisible, but now nobody notices her and that's good. She isn't there to be seen, but to watch. She watches a woman stretch as she presses her hands to the small of her back and remembers how she did that. She remembers loving this park as a child when her father brought her here. She thinks how since "it" happened, nothing can make her feel safe and reflects on how she and her husband Sam had just tried to get through the days. He had suggested a movie, three weeks after it happened and she'd gone with him, but she couldn't go in. She told him she had to use the restroom, then slipped out the door, taken a taxi home, packed her clothes and left a note, then boarded a plane for her mother's home in Philadelphia. (read more)