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The Sirens
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Part 3, Chapter 41-EpilogueChapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussion of physical abuse, pregnancy loss, and death.
Part 3, Chapter 41 Summary: “Lucy”
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Lucy stares at the ultrasound picture and wonders how it felt for Jess to pretend to be Lucy’s sister. She wonders if Jess is with Cameron Hennessey right now. She takes a knife from the kitchen, noticing a knife is already missing, and begins climbing down the staircase to the cave.
Part 3, Chapter 42 Summary: “Mary”
The women are told to wash, as they are to be inspected by the surgeon before they land. Mary and Eliza hide so their scaled skin and gills will not be discovered. The ship nears land, which Bridie jokes is full of monsters.
Part 3, Chapter 43 Summary: “Jess”
Friday, 15 February 2019
Jess is waiting to hear the women she heard singing in the cave before. Cameron is getting impatient. Jess speaks of the convict women who drowned and the men who have gone missing. When she tells Cameron he hurt her in the art studio, he tells her to stop rewriting history and reminds her that they didn’t have intercourse. Then he attacks her.
