Summary of M. William Phelps's Because You Loved Me

By IRB Media

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#1 On August 6, 2003, Chris McGowan woke up and went to work. He was a pleasant, reserved, middle-class Irishman who had been born in Norwood, Massachusetts, and had spent four years in New Jersey during the 1980s. He took comfort in the unadorned, slow pace of life in the Northeast.

#2 Jeanne Dominico, 44, was preparing to celebrate her birthday on August 29, 2003. She was one month older than Chris McGowan, who had started dating her in 2000. Jeanne was a hard worker who took care of her two children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822552609

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#1

On August 6, 2003, Chris McGowan woke up and went to work. He was a pleasant, reserved, middle-class Irishman who had been born in Norwood, Massachusetts, and had spent four years in New Jersey during the 1980s. He took comfort in the unadorned, slow pace of life in the Northeast.

#2

Jeanne Dominico, 44, was preparing to celebrate her birthday on August 29, 2003. She was one month older than Chris McGowan, who had started dating her in 2000. Jeanne was a hard worker who took care of her two children.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Chris McGowan, who lived with Jeanne, had warned her that letting Billy stay with them could not be trusted. He was 18, and Nicole was 16. They were home alone while he and Jeanne were at work. Anything could happen.

#2

It was much too late to stop the progress of Billy and Nicole’s relationship. They had built an insuperable bond over the past fifteen months, which had caused great tension between Nicole and her parents. They didn’t want to see her potential wasted by getting wrapped up in a love affair at such a young age.

#3

When Jeanne found out that Billy was going back to Connecticut for good, she told Nicole that there would be no more discussion of the relationship. It was time to end it, or at least allow a cooling-off period.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

On August 6, Chris McGowan and Jeanne Dominico worked together. They were in a relationship, but did not want their relationship to affect their work. They agreed that work was not a place for romance.

#2

Jeanne was the angel of the office,