Chapter 5
The paramedics arrive at the house. Lux, Bonnie, and Therese are dead, but Mary is still alive. She's alive for a month, but the neighborhood she's as good as dead because she's probably going to kill herself anyway.
Dr. Hornicker said that the PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, was not an accurate diagnosis for the girls. He believed that the girls were depressed because of decreased serotonin levels, which were proven by tests of Mary's blood while she was in the hospital.
Ms. Perl begins to make conspiracy theories about the Lisbon sisters' deaths, saying that they were a part of a suicide pact. The media invades the Lisbons' privacy, not caring that Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon are still grieving. The careless and heartless media often confused one girl for another. The boys hate what they are hearing from the media because it is all so wrong. What made it worse was that the neighborhood believed what they are being told by the media.
Word gets around that Mr. Lisbon asked their real estate agent to put their house up for sale. Even though everyone in the neighborhood was getting back to their normal schedules, the Lisbons' lives will forever be in ruins.
The plaque on a bench that was originally dedicated to Cecilia was changed so it could dedicate all of the Lisbon sisters, even though Mary was still alive.
More than a year after Cecilia's death, the boys had just arrived home from a neighbor's party when they saw an ambulance in the Lisbons' driveway. The paramedics that took Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, and Therese away were taking Mary away after she took sleeping pills, which killed her.
The cemetery workers' strike ends on the day of Mary's death, so all of the Lisbon sisters can be buried on the same day. After they are buried, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon move away. A young couple bought the Lisbon house and renovated in hopes to get rid of anything in link to the Lisbon sisters.
As time moves on, the neighborhood changes greatly. Some of the boys move away, but most return. The narrators are middle-ages when they narrated this book, and they have always been and will always be haunted by the memories of the Lisbon sisters.
I expected that Mary was going to kill herself, so I wasn't surprised when the boys saw the ambulance in the Lisbon driveway, carting Mary away. I thought it kind of nice in a way that the sisters got to be buried together. They were all obviously so close to each other. I feel sorry for the narrators. They were in love with these five sisters, but they were taken from them. The boys will never forget the Lisbon sisters, and I don't think I will either.
Dr. Hornicker said that the PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, was not an accurate diagnosis for the girls. He believed that the girls were depressed because of decreased serotonin levels, which were proven by tests of Mary's blood while she was in the hospital.
Ms. Perl begins to make conspiracy theories about the Lisbon sisters' deaths, saying that they were a part of a suicide pact. The media invades the Lisbons' privacy, not caring that Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon are still grieving. The careless and heartless media often confused one girl for another. The boys hate what they are hearing from the media because it is all so wrong. What made it worse was that the neighborhood believed what they are being told by the media.
Word gets around that Mr. Lisbon asked their real estate agent to put their house up for sale. Even though everyone in the neighborhood was getting back to their normal schedules, the Lisbons' lives will forever be in ruins.
The plaque on a bench that was originally dedicated to Cecilia was changed so it could dedicate all of the Lisbon sisters, even though Mary was still alive.
More than a year after Cecilia's death, the boys had just arrived home from a neighbor's party when they saw an ambulance in the Lisbons' driveway. The paramedics that took Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, and Therese away were taking Mary away after she took sleeping pills, which killed her.
The cemetery workers' strike ends on the day of Mary's death, so all of the Lisbon sisters can be buried on the same day. After they are buried, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon move away. A young couple bought the Lisbon house and renovated in hopes to get rid of anything in link to the Lisbon sisters.
As time moves on, the neighborhood changes greatly. Some of the boys move away, but most return. The narrators are middle-ages when they narrated this book, and they have always been and will always be haunted by the memories of the Lisbon sisters.
I expected that Mary was going to kill herself, so I wasn't surprised when the boys saw the ambulance in the Lisbon driveway, carting Mary away. I thought it kind of nice in a way that the sisters got to be buried together. They were all obviously so close to each other. I feel sorry for the narrators. They were in love with these five sisters, but they were taken from them. The boys will never forget the Lisbon sisters, and I don't think I will either.