![]() ![]() She drank merlot she spied on her neighbors across the street she drank merlot she played chess on the internet she drank merlot she counseled people on a computer site for people suffering with agoraphobia she drank merlot she watched black-and-white movies, and she drank merlot. Until the Russell family moved in across the street Anna’s life had a comfortable pattern. When the truth is finally revealed, Anna discovers that she has a reason to live despite all the trauma life has dealt her. ![]() They base their refusal to believe her on her denial that her husband and daughter were killed in a car wreck. Anna continues to be plagued with strange things happening - like her phone code being changed and a picture of herself sleeping being emailed to her from Jane Russell - but the police convince her that she is doing all of these things to herself. ![]() ![]() The Russells claim nothing happened and Anna is presented with a woman who claims to be Jane Russell, Ethan’s mother. Because she drinks and takes medication for her psychological disorder that causes hallucinations, the police believe Anna only imagined she saw a murder. Anna is also visited by Ethan’s mother, a woman Anna later believes she sees stabbed to death in the Russells’ home across the street. Finn things are not as they appear when a teen boy, Ethan Russell, befriends an agoraphobic woman, Anna Fox, after moving to Anna’s Harlem neighborhood. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Finn, A.J. ![]()
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