After their father Lou left their mother Miranda for a younger woman, the girls' connection with Miranda strengthened. In 'The Mystery of Our Mother,' twins Lana and Melora were always close.

He eventually realized that the human mind and heart often functioned outside of reason. Confused by his overwhelming attraction to M, Lincoln endeavored to use equations to logically explain it. In 'Rhyme Scheme,' Lincoln worked for a company called Harvest where he met a girl named M. Overwhelmed by his insignificance, Miles tried to throw himself out of the basket. When Miles arrived, Drew took him on a hot air balloon ride to view Sasha's massive sculptures from the sky. Sasha agreed to host him, much to her husband Drew's chagrin. Baffled by her story, Miles contacted her, asking if he could come to California to see her work. In 'A Journey: A Stranger Comes to Town,' Miles discovered that his wayward cousin Sasha had achieved artistic success. The reactions of passersby, Alfred believed, evidenced their true characters. In order to elicit authentic behaviors from people in his general sphere, he began staging public screaming fits. In 'Case Study: No One Got Hurt,' throughout his life, Alfred had been frustrated with human inauthenticity. He wondered if his work had merit, and began questioning its ethical implications. What he really wanted was authentic connection and communication. Despite his success, Bix had begun to feel disillusioned. In this way, users could then experience and explore Mandala's Collective Consciousness. With Mandala, users could externalize their memories and upload them online. Mandala was born from Bix's dream of creating an online realm through which every human on Earth could connect.

In 'The Affinity Charm,' Bix earned fame and fortune from his company Mandala. The below summary follows the basic trajectory of the novel's overarching plot line. The following guide adheres to the past tense. The novel embraces experimental structural manipulations and uses the past and present tenses. Each chapter presents a new narrative vantage and follows the life of a new character. Jennifer Egan's novel The Candy House is written from an assortment of different points of view.

The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Egan, Jennifer.

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan