Chapter 9, Down Deep Summary and Analysis

Wurtzel is finally released and her entire apartment feels depressive. It's the perfect site for a nervous breakdown, in direct contrast to her light and airy apartment in Texas. There are four of them in the house and they are convinced that something is wrong with the house because they all experience something bad to them.

The day after Halloween, Wurtzel wakes up to darkness and cannot get out of bed. She forces herself out of bed and calls her mother in the hopes of experiencing something normal. However, they get into a huge fight instead.

Wurtzel has been given the name and number of a boy who has had a similar family background that she had. She calls him out of the blue. They eventually begin dating. She quickly goes from dating to obsessing about him...