Big Little Lies

While Ziggy is at school, Jane works from home. She worries about Ziggy acclimating to school life, about Amabella's party, and about having made an enemy in Renata. She resolves to volunteer for school events.

Jane imagines what the consequences will be like if Ziggy hurt Amabella. His social life will suffer, and they will have to go to a child psychologist. Dark truths will come to the surface, as Jane “would have to say out loud all her secrets terrors about Ziggy” (128).

Jane fantasizes about presenting her life as something more put-together than how it currently feels. She thinks about posting a status update with a cute picture on Facebook or venting about Ziggy not getting invited to the party to get people on her side. In doing so, “She could shrink her fears down into innocuous little status updates that drifted away on the news feeds of her friends. Then she and Ziggy would be normal people” (131). Even without utilizing social media, Jane recognizes the stability she has achieved: supporting herself and Ziggy. With Ziggy enrolled in school, Jane think she might be ready to go on a date again. Moments later, a horrible nausea overtakes her: the painful and suppressed