Part I, I Hear Something You Can't Hear, Chapter 1, Lori, Roscoe, New York, August, 1976, Chapter 2, Lori, Scarsdale, New York, August 1970-August 1977 Summary and Analysis

Lori's Voices came to her in her seventeenth year. She was a camp counselor at Lincoln Farm, and had been a camper there before. As the summer progressed, she expected nothing out of the ordinary. But all of a sudden, everything started to see brighter, more important, more meaningful and more beautiful. She met an exchange student who was twenty-three that same year, and fell for him until she met his fiancée. After this, her mood darkened. She obsessed over figuring out why. And all the while, her memories were becoming more vivid.

In her memory, she and the exchange...