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Summary
Part 1, Chapters 1-3
Part 1, Chapters 4-5
Part 1, Chapters 6-10
Part 1, Chapters 11-15
Part 2, Chapters 16-22
Part 3, Chapters 23-27
Part 3, Chapters 28-33
Part 3, Chapters 34-40
Part 3, Chapters 41-49
Part 3, Chapters 50-57
Part 4, Chapters 58-63
Part 4, Chapters 64-67
Part 4, Chapters 68-74
Part 4, Chapters 75-79
Part 5, Chapters 80-84
Part 5, Chapters 85-87
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Chapter Summaries & Analyses
The Liars begin to imagine burning down Clairmont as punishment for the greedy, the normal, and the unkind.
Again in summer fifteen, Cady's mother complains that she gets nothing from Granddad even though Cady is the first child. She threatens to take Cady away. Granddad gives them all a lecture about hard work and the values of the family. He tells them they cannot expect financial security without working for it.
Back in summer seventeen, Cady is with the Liars, and she tells them she knows they set fire to Clairmont as an act of purification of the family. They saw the house as the seat of patriarchy.