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Spectacular Things
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Epigraph–Part 2, Chapter 15Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness.
Part 1: “Opportunity: 2028” - Part 2: “Monomyth: 1989”
Epigraph Summary
The novel’s epigraph is a quote from the poem “Dead Stars” by Ada Limón: “Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?” (ix).
Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary: “An Early Labor Day”
In 2028, a pregnant Mia Lowe lives in Maine with her husband Oliver. Mia goes into labor on the same day that her sister, Cricket, is competing with the US Women’s National Soccer Team in the Olympics gold medal match in Los Angeles.
Part 1, Chapter 2 Summary: “Competing for Hardware”
Cricket isn’t a starting player on the team. Sloane Jackson, Cricket’s former friend, is the starting goalkeeper and a fan favorite. The two women resent each other, but Cricket wishes Sloane good luck, nevertheless. Though Mia couldn’t fly to Los Angeles because of her pregnancy, Cricket imagines seeing her in the stands.
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