Behind Closed Doors

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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Before You Read Beta

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-6

Chapters 7-12

Chapters 13-18

Chapters 19-25

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

How is color used in Behind Closed Doors? What do the colors symbolize?

At times, Grace calls Jack a sociopath, at others a psychopath. What are the differences between those two designations? The similarities? How does Jack display these qualities? Where does he diverge from the clinical diagnoses?

Behind Closed Doors presents a dichotomy between women who work and those who don’t. How does the book represent working mothers Diane and Esther? How does it represent Grace? What are Diane and Esther’s attitudes toward Grace?