We Were Liars Chapter 17 Summary

  • Cadence has started a project: She gives away one of her possessions every day.
  • She mails a striped scarf to Johnny and a Barbie doll to Mirren.
  • Her mom, on the other hand, keeps accumulating expensive possessions. Cadence thinks her mom has a shopping problem.
  • Cadence gives her pillow to a homeless girl, even though it makes sleeping uncomfortable.
  • She donates her copy of King Lear to the library.
  • She takes a framed photo of Tipper to Goodwill.
  • Her mom says that if she gives away one of their dogs—whose names are, incidentally, Poppy, Bosh, and Grendel—she'll never hear the end of it.
  • Cadence hugs the dogs and says she loves them and would never get rid of them.