Summary

Part One: Ruby Tuesday

A new Mary Ann O’Connell Real Estate listing is presented for a large Victorian home in Prime Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, which includes five bedrooms and a two-car garage.

One – It is June. Zoe hosts the book club at her house. Elizabeth walks the half-block to her house, having been best friends with Zoe for years. Many years before, the two, along with Elizabeth’s husband Andrew (then-boyfriend) and two other young men had rented the very same house. Elizabeth thinks about how Zoe’s wealthy parents purchased the house for her after their lease had run out. Zoe welcomes Elizabeth in, happy to see her. Zoe calls her teenage daughter, Ruby, downstairs to say hello. She will be graduating on Thursday and intends to wear an old white dress belonging to Zoe. Zoe says it...