Synopsis of they both die at the end7/6/2023 Morgan feels an attraction toward Jonah that makes her uncomfortable. Chris and Morgan are a couple while Jonah is dating Jenny. Hoover opens her novel when Chris, Morgan, Jenny, and Jonah are teens. As Jonah and Morgan struggle through their grief and anger, they are attracted more and more to each other, an attraction that makes Clara believe her mother has been the one cheating on her father with Jonah. The secret becomes more difficult when Jonah, Jenny’s fiancé, realizes that Elijah, the infant he believed he had fathered with Jenny, is more than likely Chris’ son. Despite the pain that Morgan Grant is feeling when she learns Chris, her husband of 17 years, had an affair with her sister, Jenny, Morgan intends to keep her daughter Clara from learning the truth about her father and aunt. In the novel, Regretting You by Colleen Hoover, grief and betrayal collide when a fatal car crash reveals a couple’s extra-marital affair. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Colleen.
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Mary journeys to England by boat and is met by Mr. The estate is called Misselthwaite Manor. As a result, Mary is sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven, at his huge estate in Yorkshire, England. Later she is found by a police officer who tells her that both her parents have also perished from the disease. She does’t feel much sadness and goes to take a nap. One day, there is news of a cholera outbreak and Mary finds out abruptly that her nurse Ayah has died. Ayah and the other servants are extremely docile and will indulge Mary’s every whim, which has led her to become a very spoiled little girl who expects others to do everything for her. Mary has been mostly raised by her Indian servant named Ayah. She lives in India with her father, a British statesman, and her mother, a self-absorbed woman who frequently is out at parties and socializing. The book opens by introducing Mary Lennox, a sour and disagreeable 9-year-old girl. 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