55 pages • 1 hour read
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
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Chapters 10-20Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying, sexual violence and harassment, child sexual abuse, animal cruelty, substance use, sexual content, and cursing.
Chapter 10 Summary: “Shepherd’s Bush: Friday, 5:56 P.M.”
The timeline returns to the present. Florence watches media coverage of Alfie’s disappearance. Dylan smirks, but insists he did not see anything strange during the field trip. Florence thinks the smirk makes Dylan look like Will, her ex-husband and former manager of Girl’s Night. One night, Will and Florence had gotten drunk and had sex. Soon after Florence discovered she was pregnant, her mother died in a car accident while drinking and driving. The record label cancelled the rest of the group’s tour. Will and Florence got married, but when Dylan was two months old, Will confessed he was in love with Rose, another member of the group. Florence and Will divorced. Will married Rose, and they relaunched the group without Florence. Girl’s Night became a hit band.
Will arrives to pick up Dylan. Florence and Will bicker. Will offers to take Dylan for the week as classes have been canceled, and Florence agrees. Florence prepares to meet Elliot, and two Met police detectives knock on her door.
Chapter 11 Summary: “Shepherd’s Bush: Friday, 6:21 P.M.”
Detective Glover and Detective Singh ask to speak with Dylan. Florence tells them that Dylan has gone to the countryside to stay with his father. They tell her they will be in touch and leave.
