Lisa Gardner
is a girl from Kelly's past who first appears on page 98 and reemerges in more detail on pages
111 to 114. Lisa had previous suicide attempts as a result of a suicide pact with her twin
sister, Laura, and in college, she attempts to kill herself again by swallowing a bottle of
sleeping pills in the student halls at Brown University. Kelly was the first one to find her
lying lifeless on the floor of the bathroom.
Though four of , including
Kelly, went with Lisa Gardner to the hospital and were praying that she lived, they later felt
nothing but resentment for her. They saw the suicide attempt as another example of Lisa having
to be the center of attention.
When Lisa returned to the hall for a visit,
Kelly found herself getting into deep conversations with Lisa about Lisa's relationship with her
sister. In the book, while she is talking to Lisa, Kelly thinks, "I reject you,"
continuing her resentment of Lisa for her suicide attempt.
Though the names
are changed, is a novella based on the true story of the Senator Ted
Kennedy driving off a bridge and into a river. His young aide drowned, but Ted Kennedy
survived.
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