I Know This Much is True Chapter 9 Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Back in the present, Dominick meets Lisa Sheffer, the social worker at Hatch.
  • She tries to convince him that Hatch isn't the gulag Dominick thinks it is.
  • In fact, she thinks it might help him, because it's not like his previous treatment was working—if it was, he wouldn't have chopped his own hand off.
  • But, Dominick can still try to get him out, if he insists. However, he'll have to wait fifteen court-ordered days before they'll review his case.
  • Lisa offers to tell Thomas that Dominick came by.
  • And, not that she's speaking from an official capacity or anything, but she suggests Dominick have his bruised balls photographed, and a doctor evaluate his condition… just in case he needs a little leverage against the hospital in the future.