54 pages 1 hour read

The Identicals

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Chapters 19-24Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness, death, child death, death by suicide, substance use, sexual content, and emotional abuse.

Chapter 19 Summary: “Tabitha”

On a Friday evening, Tabitha arrives on Martha’s Vineyard feeling liberated. At her late father’s house, she finds the property in poor condition but discovers he had substantial savings to help finance the renovation. When her calls to Harper and Ainsley go unanswered, she phones the boutique. An employee, Meghan, informs her that the store is very busy.


Suspicious, Tabitha goes to a café where the bartender mistakes her for Harper, and a local man flirts aggressively with her. A musician named Franklin Phelps, who’s performing at the café, intervenes, and the man moves on. Tabitha admits her true identity to Franklin, who seems pleased. They go back to his house and spend a passionate night together, during which he shares that his ex-girlfriend died by suicide. The next morning, Tabitha wakes alone and finds a simple note from Franklin. She calls Meghan and learns Harper threw a promotional party at the boutique, which strengthens her resolve to get the renovation of Billy’s house underway without consulting Harper, even though they agreed to sell it quickly as a teardown.

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