Chapters One and Two Summary

The novel Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiser tells the story of Meredith Shale, a teenaged girl who faces a demon in her life and emerges victorious. In addition to the theme of facing one's fears, the story also follows Meredith's journey through a religious awakening where she goes from belief only in superstition and chance to the opinion that sometimes, miracles do happen.

In Chapter One, Meredith sits near the dumpsters in her condo's complex and thinks about how her time has run out six years early. She smokes, only slightly worried an adult will come and take her cigarette away. The adults had bonded together and tried to keep her mother from renting a second condo in the complex for her father, but her mother's lawyer threatened to sue and the issue was settled...