5/24/2023 0 Comments Every last word stoneSwimming means more to Samantha than just a sports activity. The primary narrative begins as summer is ending: Samantha is a swimmer, and she's in the pool during one of the final swimming sessions of the summer. She obsesses over the idea that she will take the scissors and cut Olivia’s hair off in one fell swoop. While Samantha is cutting roses, a dark thought begins to consume her. The Crazy Eights, the nickname for Samantha’s friend group, are the popular girls at school-they are admired, hated, and feared by the general student body. It's Valentine’s Day and Samantha’s group of friends are on a school spirit committee responsible for preparing roses that will be distributed at their high school. The scene shows the extent of Samantha’s mental illness, and how profoundly it affects her life. The novel opens with a brief vignette, set six months before the bulk of the narrative.
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