Summary of Rachel DeLoache Williams's My Friend Anna

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 When we returned from our vacation, we found that our host, the hotel managers, had arrived to check on us. We had one sick traveler who needed to get to the airport, and our friend Anna had not yet appeared.
#2 I went to check on Anna, and found her speaking on the phone in German. She was pacing around in her bathrobe, and seemed detached and calm. I was scared because it seemed like she was waiting for something.
#3 The tension in the room was unbearable. I was angry at Anna, and thought she was being detached because she had received monthly trust fund disbursements. She had never made prior arrangements to access more funds for her travels.
#4 When I tried to use my personal credit card to prepay for the hotel, the managers refused. I was shocked, but then I remembered that they said the block would only be temporary. When I went to meet with Jesse, I decided to tell the concierge that we were running late.

Sujets

• White-collar crime

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 06 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669381006
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Rachel DeLoache Williams's My Friend Anna
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When we returned from our vacation, we found that our host, the hotel managers, had arrived to check on us. We had one sick traveler who needed to get to the airport, and our friend Anna had not yet appeared.

#2

I went to check on Anna, and found her speaking on the phone in German. She was pacing around in her bathrobe, and seemed detached and calm. I was scared because it seemed like she was waiting for something.

#3

The tension in the room was unbearable. I was angry at Anna, and thought she was being detached because she had received monthly trust fund disbursements. She had never made prior arrangements to access more funds for her travels.

#4

When I tried to use my personal credit card to prepay for the hotel, the managers refused. I was shocked, but then I remembered that they said the block would only be temporary. When I went to meet with Jesse, I decided to tell the concierge that we were running late.

#5

The restaurant at the hotel, Le Pavillon de la Piscine, was adjacent to the swimming pool. It featured a lavish buffet breakfast with a bounty of fresh fruit, yogurts, and pastries, in addition to meats, cheeses, and eggs cooked to order.

#6

The contrast between the bright exterior and the dimly lit entrance hall was striking. The place and its contents were the result of loving attention over many years. I was struck by the entrance hall’s vastness and marble floor.

#7

The four of us visited a bookshop, where we made a donation. We had no way to pay, so the guide insisted we return to our hotel to collect a card for payment.

#8

I had noticed how determined Anna was to be taken seriously. I had learned that she was actually the director of the Jardin Majorelle Foundation and had been a lifelong friend of Bergé and Saint Laurent’s. Her incongruous presence in the crowded back seat of our vehicle felt humiliating and wrong.

#9

I was taken to the cash register, where the director stood beside me as a shop employee ran my American Express card. It was declined. The duress in my voice must have registered, because the director asked how much money I would need to get safely out of Morocco.

#10

I was furious to be there alone, and I was irritable and impatient as we made our way through the souk. We ended up at Nomad, a rooftop restaurant overlooking the spice square.

#11

I sent an email to Anna, as she had requested, with my bank account information so that she could wire reimbursement. I was almost done with the whole experience. I felt a burst of energy. I had not slept or come through a stressful event, but I still felt calm.

#12

I was leaving for India the next day, and I was mentally checked off my list. The more organized I felt, the better I would sleep. Anna’s presence threatened my efficiency. I placed a pillow between us on the king-size bed to leave before she woke up.

#13

I was raised with good manners, and I believed that every person had a bit of goodness in them. I was very fortunate to have been given the strength and confidence to follow my dreams.

#14

I had an internship at a creative agency in New York after my sophomore year, and I was left to live with two of my boyfriend’s friends. I didn’t have fancy going out clothes, but I attended college in Ohio, where we wore mismatched clothes from American Apparel.

#15

I had my heart set on interning within the photo department of a magazine. I sent an email to the senior photo producer at Vanity Fair, and was granted a phone interview.

#16

I went to a dinner in the dean’s house at Kenyon, and the chairman of the school’s board of trustees asked me if I was planning on going into journalism after graduation. I told him that I wanted to work for Vanity Fair. His friend Graydon Carter, the editor in chief, put me in touch with the magazine’s managing editor, Chris Garrett.

#17

I had a great job, I was living on my own, and I had a new boyfriend named Nick. My New York dreams had finally come true.

#18

I was promoted from assistant to photography editor at Vanity Fair. I was happy, busy, and fulfilled. That's when I met Anna.

#19

I was six years into my job at Vanity Fair when I met Anna. She was unlike anyone I had ever met before, and I was immediately drawn to her. We would become friends, and she would change my life forever.