He thinks he understands Eve, but comes to realize that none of his schemas could have prepared him for someone like her. Jacob is neurodivergent, his perspective shaped by the strategies he has developed to exist in a world where most people don’t think like him. Eve’s distress leads her to an unfamiliar bed-and-breakfast, where a disastrous impromptu interview ends in her accidentally maiming its proprietor, Jacob. This apparent aimlessness baffles her extremely driven parents, who abruptly cut her off financially until she can live a life that they understand. Unlike her accomplished older sisters, she struggles with feelings of inadequacy, following then abandoning her varying interests and passions in search of a way of life that suits her. Eve Brown, who has yet to find her way in life, is buoyed by a mostly supportive family and a trust fund.
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