![]() Brother Luke told Jude that he loved him and made plans for them to run away together-but when they did finally run away, Brother Luke forced Jude into sex work and then sexually assaulted Jude himself. One monk, Brother Luke, was kind to Jude. ![]() Jude also reflects on the monastery in South Dakota, where he was raised by monks who physically, emotionally, and sexually abused him. ![]() But despite Jude’s fears, his and Harold’s relationship grows Jude often returns to Harold and Julia’s house to celebrate Thanksgiving with them. He also worried (and still worries) that Harold will abandon him once he grows tired of his evasiveness. Jude wanted to become close to Harold but struggled to open up. But Harold also asked a lot of prying questions about Jude’s past. Harold was kind and generous with Jude: he bought Jude suits for work, and he and his wife Julia often had Jude over for dinner. At Cambridge, he became close with one of his professors, Harold Stein. Jude attended college and then law school in Cambridge. Ana’s the only person Jude has opened up to about his past, though she died of cancer the summer before Jude left for college. Jude reflects on Ana, a social worker who helped him recover after a Dr. During one of his weekly walks, Jude meditates on his past, and the narrative segues into a series of flashbacks from Jude’s earlier years. By now, Willem is getting enough work to support himself as an actor. He and Willem still live at Lispenard Street. Several years pass Jude is now nearing 30. Willem follows Jude in leaping off the ledge of the building. Jude insists that the others lower him off the roof’s ledge so he can fall to the fire escape and reenter the apartment through the bedroom window. At the party, Willem, Jude, JB, and Malcolm go to the roof and lock themselves out. Jude apologizes profusely to Willem but refuses to talk about his self-harm. Andy tends to Jude’s injury and explains to Willem that Jude purposefully cuts himself. The night before the party, Jude wakes Willem and asks if Willem will take him to see Andy, Jude’s longtime doctor: he accidentally cut himself. That winter, JB decides that Willem and Jude should host a New Year’s Eve party. He has recently been working on a series of paintings based on photos he’s taken of Willem, Jude, and Malcolm. JB, an artist, is frustrated that the art world has yet to recognize his talent. ![]() Malcolm comes from a wealthy family, but he’s ashamed to admit that, at 27, he still lives at home. JB and Malcolm, by contrast, have had much more support-though they’re not happy. Willem loves Jude but also worries about him and feels pressure to be his protector. Jude’s past is as mysterious to his friends as it is to the reader Jude is orphaned and suffers from chronic pain in his legs and back, but it’s unknown how Jude injured his legs and back or what happened to him in his childhood. Jude, meanwhile, is a brilliant young lawyer. To this day, Willem feels guilty about his failure to save Hemming. He’s tormented by an unhappy childhood spent caring for his older brother, Hemming, who had cerebral palsy and died of cancer when Willem was in college. Willem is an aspiring actor who has yet to receive any major roles in the meantime, he waits tables. The novel begins when Jude and Willem move into a small, rundown apartment on Lispenard Street. A Little Life follows its protagonist Jude and his close friends Willem, JB, and Malcolm over many years after they move to New York in search of fame, fortune, success, and meaning. ![]()
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