Strings and Balloons
Cut the CordIn the prologue, a nine-year-old Margo Roth Spiegelman wonders why the man she found in the park killed himself. "Maybe all the strings inside him broke" (Prologue.32), she says, becaus...
Pseudovisions
Return to SenderWhen Quentin is searching for Margo Roth Spiegelman, he thinks that she is leading him to one of the many pseudovisions that are more numerous in Florida than sinkholes. These pseud...
Maps
She Misses the Taste of a Sweeter Life If Quentin knows anything about Margo Roth Spiegelman, it's that she's an obsessive planner. And if someone is planning a trip, what do they do? Well, most pe...
The Minivan
House on WheelsSeven hours into the road trip, Quentin says "the minivan has become a kind of very small house" (3.7.2). There's a den, an office, a living room, a kitchen, two bedrooms, and, sadly...