REV ROAD CHAPTER SYNOPSIS

PART ONE

Chapter One -

• petrified Forest

• description of Frank and April

  CHAPTER TWO

• Frank tells April how bad the play was

• flashback to Franks school days

• flashback to aprils first period

• flashback to war/just post war and meeting April

• car argument

• flashback to buying their house

• picture window mention

• April sleeps on the sofa

  CHAPTER THREE

• April mows the lawn

• Frank has no hands

• Comparison of Frank to Earl Wheeler

• description of April’s parents

• Mrs givings gives Seedum plant

• Frank starts the stone path

• Niffer and Michael help Frank

• flashback to April telling Frank she’s pregnant

• Frank nearly chops his son’s foot off

• Niffer and Michael flee to April

  CHAPTER FOUR

• Frank and the kidsread the funnies

• The Campbells arrive

• they discuss politics, mention John Givings

• Frank retells the birthday anecdote and feels middle age

  CHAPTER FIVE

• Flashback to earl Wheeler and Oat Fields

• Frank explains his job at Knox

• introduction to Maureen Grube

• introduction to Jack ordway

  CHAPTER SIX

• Frank takes Maureen to dinner

• Frank and Maureen have sex

• picture window mention!

• Frank comes home to them singing happy birthday

  CHAPTER SEVEN

• April pleads for forgiveness

• the discuss the Paris Plan

  PART TWO

  CHAPTER ONE

• Frank goes to work, happily

• They tell the kids about the Paris plan

• April and Frank converse, successfully

  CHAPTER TWO

• Shep chapter

• shep and milly backstory

• Find out Shep wants April

• Tell the Campbells about the Paris plan

• Campbells are shocked, horrified and upset

  CHAPTER THREE

• The Givingses chapter

• backstory of helen Givings

• the unhappy mariage

• The givingses visit the Wheelers

• the givingses hear the paris plan

• helen is horrified

• helen’s feet

  CHAPTER FOUR

• Frank tells the Knox company about the Paris plan

• intruduction of ted Bandy and Bart Pollock

• Frank relays this at dinner, April doesn’t care

  CHAPTER FIVE

• Jennifer’s reaction to the Paris plan

• John Givings arrives

• hear John’s story

• the Wheeler’s agreee with some of John’s ideas

  CHAPTER SIX

• Frank has lunch with Pollock

• Pollock explains how everything is selling

• April tells Frank that she’s pregnant

• Frank is happy!

• Frank finds the abortion materials

  PART THREE

  CHAPTER ONE

• opens with time

• Frank’s campaign to ‘fix’ April

• discussion on morality

• John Givings appears and irritates all

• April appears to submit to frank’s ideas

  CHAPTER TWO

• explain to Niffer and Michael that the Paris plan is off

• explain to Ordway

• explain to Campbells

• explain to Helen

• Frank realises he doesn’t want another kid

• Frank sees Maureen

  CHAPTER THREE

• steve Kovick

• Frank hates his wife

• shep and April have sex

  CHAPTER FOUR

• Frank sees Nora and flips out

• Frank has sex with Maureen and calls it off

• Frank tells April about Maureen, she doesn’t care

  CHAPTER FIVE

• Givingses pick up John from greenacres

• John calls out Frank and April

  CHAPTER SIX

• Frank and April argue

• weird breakfast in the morning of a picture perfect couple

  CHAPTER SEVEN

• April Chapter

• April rings Milly

• Flashback to her childhood and her father visiting

• April writes a letter to frank

• April prepares the abortion

  CHAPTER EIGHT

• opens with Milly

• moves to Shep

• Apri dies

• frank freaks out and runs home

  CHAPTER NINE

• Milly tells the story to the new couple

• Shep is sad at April and angry at his wife

• shifts to the givingses

• Helen is upset by the Wheelers and cuts off contact to John

• Helen buys a dog

• howrad shuts off his hearing aid