Into the Water

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 10

Part 1, Chapters 11-20

Part 1, Chapters 21-29

Part 2, Chapters 30-38

Part 2, Chapters 39-44

Part 2, Chapters 45-51

Part 3, Chapters 52-63

Part 3, Chapters 64-71

Part 3, Chapters 72-77

Part 4, Chapters 78-86

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Part 4, Chapters 78-86Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 4, Chapter 78 Summary: “September—Lena”

Lena and Jules get ready to move to London, while Lena’s house in Beckford will be rented out for the time being. Lena admits that she has come to like things about Jules, and that in London she “won’t be the pretty girl that no one likes, I’ll just be ordinary” (366).

Part 4, Chapter 79 Summary: “Josh”

Josh and his family get ready to move to Devon. Josh doesn’t believe that Lena killed Mark, though there are rumors at school to that effect. He acknowledges that the events around Katie and Mark will never make sense to him.

Part 4, Chapter 80 Summary: “Louise”

Louise says goodbye to Katie as she gets ready to leave her house. Lena gives Louise Nel’s “manuscript, the pictures, the notes, a USB with all the computer files” (370) of The Drowning Pool and tells Louise to do as she wants with it. Louise resolves to be more kind, admitting that no matter how she feels about Lena, Lena really did love Katie.