Ghosted

Heteronormative understandings of gender roles play a role in a stereotypical understanding of ghosting. How does Walsh represent gendered responses to ghosting in the novel? Do Sarah and Eddie either conform to or subvert any gendered tropes of relationship behavior?

Several characters in Ghosted express a powerful urge to protect and care for others: Sarah’s attempt to protect Hannah causes Alex’s death; and Eddie’s sense of responsibility to his mother almost costs him the happiness of his love with Sarah and his relationship with his son. How does Walsh explore the difference between a positive familial urge to protect loved ones and situations in which that sense of responsibility becomes damaging?

Eddie emphasizes that everyone has a choice in their actions. How does Walsh represent the idea of choice in the novel?