They discover that they do have a mutual attraction, but Ben encourages Fallon to go to New York anyway. After Donovan leaves, Ben and Fallon spend the rest of the day together. He argues that Donovan should support Fallon’s attempts to return to acting. Ben interrupts their lunch and pretends to be Fallon’s boyfriend. Ben hears her father criticizing her decision and telling her she no longer has the looks to have an acting career. On November 9, the anniversary of a house fire that left Fallon scarred and destroyed her acting career, Fallon meets her father, Donovan O’Neil, for lunch to tell him she is moving to New York. As they continue to meet each year, Fallon learns that she is connected to Ben in a way that makes her question everything she believed about him and everything he taught her. Ben challenges Fallon to date and audition for roles in plays, even though she is self-conscious about the severe scarring on the left side of her body as a result of a house fire. November 9 is the day they first met and the anniversary of tragedies in both their lives. She and Ben agree to meet every year on November 9 and spend the day together. In the romance/psychological thriller November 9 by Colleen Hoover, O’Neil believes she could fall in love with Benton “Ben” James Kessler, but she has decided to follow her mother’s advice not to date seriously until she is 23. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Colleen.

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