Welcome to the second discussion for Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Chapter summary:

Sam and Sadie work on their game, Ichigo. Sadie moves in with Sam while Marx is away for the summer. We learn a bit about when Sam moved to LA from New York. Marx returns from his summer internship early and moves in with Sam and Sadie. He quickly makes himself useful as Producer. Sadie works on the most difficult part of the game and gets stuck. Eventually, they call Dov and use an engine from one of his games. He also gets a producers credit. He encourages Sam and Sadie to defer school for a semester in order to finish the game, which they do. Sadie moves in with Dov.

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The game is complete and Dov loves it. Sam passes out in the street. Marx’s girlfriend Zoe records the game soundtrack, they finish debugging the game. Sam walks Sadie back to Dovs but breaks his bad ankle in an accident on his way home. We learn more about why Sam moved from New York – when Sam and his mother were walking, a woman, also called Anna Lee, jumped off a building and landed in front of them. Sam is sent to call for help and to distract him, he pays pacman on the game machine in the café. Dov plays the final version of the game while he handcuffs Sadie to the bed.

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The team debate between two offers for the game. Sadie relents and agrees to go with the big money deal for Sam’s sake. They spend the next year with Sam on the promo trail and Sadie making the sequel. Once the sequel is complete, Sam wants to do Ichigio 3 whereas Sadie wants to do something different. Sam eventually agrees to park Ichigo 3 and look at new ideas. Sam’s foot is hurting again and Marx brings him to hospital and finds out that Sam will need an amputation. Marx’s girlfriend Zoe tells him to persuade Sam and Sadie to move to California with them – Sam can get his amputation and recover in a more appropriate environment and Sadie can get away from Dov – they both agree to move.

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Here is a little bit of info on The Great Wave off Kanagawa , our image on the front cover of the book.

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See you next monday for Unfair games, ch5 to Pivots ch2 with u/herbal-genocide.