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The Empty Refrigerator

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The Empty Refrigerator is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

After six months at sea, Logan returns home expecting his wife's pork rib soup, but finds Sophia Merkin, seven months pregnant, sitting on a worn-out sofa. The refrigerator holds only half a jar of ketchup and a bag of expired, bug-infested pasta. When he demands a hot meal, Sophia shows him WhatsApp records: his mother Bethy Moore has sent her just 100 dollars a month for six months, while he transferred 20,000 dollars home every month. Bills, unpaid prenatal forms and a gas shutoff warning lie scattered on the floor.

Sophia tells him she cannot go on, and Logan vows to get the money back. He takes a taxi to Bayville, where Bethy lives in the furnished apartment he rented for her. Through the half-closed door he hears laughter, lobster and wine, and Bethy boasting that 19,000 dollars went to Joseph Patterson that morning.

Logan kicks the door open and reads Bethy's transaction history aloud, finding five years of transfers to the Patterson family. Selina Patterson sneers that Sophia deserves nothing but bug-infested pasta.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

I had spent six months drifting across the ocean on a cargo ship, but I would send 20,000 dollars back home every month. So, I really only had one thing on my mind the day I finally set foot on solid ground again—my wife's pork rib soup.

When I pushed open the front door, I found my seven-month-pregnant wife, Sophia Merkin, sitting on our worn-out sofa.

At that moment, my six months' worth of exhaustion, frustration, and pent-up anger from the roiling…

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of The Empty Refrigerator are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

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What is The Empty Refrigerator about?

After six months at sea, Logan returns home expecting his wife's pork rib soup, but finds Sophia Merkin, seven months pregnant, sitting on a worn-out sofa. The refrigerator holds only half a jar of ketchup and a bag of expired, bug-infested pasta. When he demands a hot meal, Sophia shows him WhatsApp records: his mother Bethy Moore has sent her just 100 dollars a month for six months, while he transferred 20,000 dollars home every month. Bills, unpaid prenatal forms and a gas shutoff warning lie scattered on the floor.

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