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Scott Carey’s progressive shrinking· The Shrinking ManScott and Lou’s Marital Estrangement· The Shrinking ManThe narrator’s military deployment in Iraq· CherryCeasefire and militia control in a Shiite city· CherryOpioid withdrawal· CherryHeroin addiction· CherryThe U.S. infantry’s frustration and sense of futility in the Iraq war· CherryThe narrator and Emily’s heroin addiction· CherryEmily’s heroin addiction· CherryWar trauma and suspected post-traumatic stress disorder· CherryNarrator’s combat exhaustion and psychological strain· CherryNarrator’s escalating substance addiction· CherryChristine Penmark’s death· The Bad SeedChristine Penmark’s growing dread· The Bad SeedChristine Penmark’s psychological crisis· The Bad SeedHortense Daigle’s bereavement· The Bad SeedLeroy Jessup’s persecution complex· The Bad SeedRhoda Penmark’s homicidal disposition· The Bad SeedRhoda Penmark’s psychopathic disposition· The Bad SeedRhoda Penmark’s recovery· The Bad SeedSurging, Rushing Rivers in the City of Rushing Water· MulanThe White Fox’s Honey: Enchantment and Control· MulanThe Butterfly Immortal’s Petrification· MulanTyranny of the Zhou Dynasty under Daji’s Influence· MulanVillage Sleep and Stillness· MulanFlooding of the City of Rushing Water· MulanGreen Island's blight· MulanHupo Poisoning· MulanHupo Poisoning of Xiu and the Jade Rabbit· MulanLu Ting-Pin's penance· MulanXianniang Bound as the Red Fox’s Servant· MulanXianniang’s Exile· MulanXianniang’s Servitude to Daji· MulanDrought in Kiewarra· The DryEllie Deacon's abuse· The DryEllie Deacon’s distress and suspected abuse· The DryKiewarra drought· The DryKiewarra's culture of fear and silence· The DryKiewarra’s hostility toward Aaron Falk· The DryKiewarra's prolonged drought· The DryMal Deacon’s dementia· The DryScott Whitlam's gambling addiction and financial ruin· The DryWill and Bo’s secret summer romance and its rupture· Dumplin'Will’s conflict with her mother over body image, the pageant, and Lucy· Dumplin'Will and Ellen’s friendship gradually growing distant· Dumplin'Lucy’s isolation and limitations due to her body size· Dumplin'The bullying climate at Clover City school· Dumplin'Will’s grief over Lucy’s death· Dumplin'Will’s body-image crisis intensified by intimacy with Bo· Dumplin'Bo Larson’s knee injury and its impact on his basketball and college prospects· Dumplin'Lucy’s room changing from a memorial space into a craft studio· Dumplin'Clover City pageant culture’s narrow beauty standards· Dumplin'Clover City’s pageant-centered social order· Dumplin'Fatphobia and restrictive beauty standards in Clover City· Dumplin'Millie's pageant eligibility· Dumplin'The Dickson family's grief for Lucy· Dumplin'Willowdean’s fluctuating body-image struggles· Dumplin'Willowdean and Bo's undefined romance· Dumplin'Willowdean and Ellen's estrangement and reconciliation· Dumplin'Willowdean and Hannah's growing friendship· Dumplin'Willowdean and Rosie's strained mother-daughter relationship· Dumplin'Willowdean and Ellen’s friendship broken by their pageant disagreement· Dumplin'Willowdean's body-image struggle· Dumplin'Willowdean’s grief over Lucy· Dumplin'Willowdean's pageant participation and disqualification· Dumplin'German anti-Hitler coup plan· MunichBritish armed forces' inadequate readiness in 1938· MunichSudeten crisis on the brink of war· MunichNazi dictatorship in Germany· MunichNazi persecution of Jews and political opponents· MunichSudeten Crisis· MunichWinston’s disability after gangrene-related amputation· A Woman of SubstanceEmma and Joe’s troubled marriage· A Woman of SubstanceArthur Ainsley’s alcoholism· A Woman of SubstanceThe emotional distance between Emma and Edwina· A Woman of SubstanceThe financial collapse of the Fairley businesses· A Woman of SubstanceEmma’s bereavement and grief· A Woman of SubstancePaula Amory and Jim Fairley’s engagement· A Woman of SubstanceArthur Ainsley’s sexual dysfunction· A Woman of SubstanceEdwin and Jane’s emotionally distant marriage· A Woman of SubstanceThe Harte–Fairley family feud· A Woman of SubstanceEdwin’s guilt over Emma and their child· A Woman of SubstancePaul McGill’s long-separated marriage· A Woman of SubstanceThe mystery of Edwin’s daughter’s identity· A Woman of SubstanceEmma and Paul’s separation· A Woman of SubstanceAdele and Adam Fairley’s estranged marriage· A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley’s alcohol dependence· A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley’s mental instability· A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley’s psychological disturbance· A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley’s reliance on alcohol· A Woman of SubstanceAdele Fairley’s suspected drinking problem· A Woman of SubstanceAntisemitism in Leeds· A Woman of SubstanceBritain at war during the First World War· A Woman of SubstanceBritain during the Second World War· A Woman of SubstanceChild labor and educational deprivation in Fairley· A Woman of SubstanceConstance McGill’s alcoholism· A Woman of SubstanceEmma’s widowhood· A Woman of SubstanceDaisy’s illegitimate birth status· A Woman of SubstanceEdwin Fairley’s lasting emotional emptiness after Emma leaves· A Woman of SubstanceEdwina’s estrangement from Emma· A Woman of Substance