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All the Other Mothers Hate Me
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Chapters 41-51Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual violence and harassment, child sexual abuse, death by suicide, substance use, graphic violence, sexual content, and cursing.
Chapter 41 Summary: “Shepherd’s Bush: Sunday, 5:50 P.M.”
When Florence gets home, she doesn’t see Adam’s car. Dylan asks why she is upset. She explains she’s had a fight with Jenny “sort of” about Alfie. Dylan suggests Florence contact the police.
Florence goes to the police station. She attempts to report Adam for his involvement in Marta’s disappearance, but when they hear the suspect is a police officer, they tell her she has to report to a different department on Monday.
Disappointed, Florence returns home and gets drunk. She makes a date with a random guy she connects with on an app. She decides to leave Dylan home alone while she goes out.
Chapter 42 Summary: “Shoreditch: Sunday, 10:17 P.M.”
Florence takes drugs with her date and blacks out. When she wakes up at 8:30 the next morning, she can’t find Dylan in his room. She notices the turtle Greta is on its back, unmoving. She finds a letter shoved through the mail slot with an address in Cornwall and the note that reads: “If you call the cops, he dies!!!” (315).
