An Abundance of Katherines Summary

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The story opens in modern-day Chicago, where Colin is devastated after he has been broken up with for the nineteenth time. Colin is a child prodigy who has just graduated from high school and only dates girls named Katherine. Hassan, Colin’s best friend, comes into Colin’s room and starts to tell him how he should do something other than moping around all day. Little did Colin know Hassan's idea would change Colin's life forever. Later in the day Colin and Hassan go to their parents with a big idea, a road trip. Their parents agreed they could go on one condition, they get a job. So with their parent's approval Colin and Hassan set off on the road trip. For the first few nights they traveled through Kentucky and the surrounding states. Eventually they took a break at a rest stop. While at the rest stop, they decided the next part of the journey. They saw a sign promoting the grave of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Inside the rest stop they went to ask for directions to Archduke Franz Ferdinand's grave. Surprised washed over the two when they heard the grave was located in a town, smaller than the one they were in, called Gutshot. Off they traveled to Gutshot, Tennessee. Soon they arrived at a small store and behind the counter was Lindsey Lee Wells. Lindsey led Colin and Hassan on a tour to the gravesite. On the way there Colin tripped and injured himself, Lindsey administered first aid on him. After Colin was taken care of, they all go into the store to find Hollis, Lindsey’s mom, who instantly recognizes Colin from a television show he appeared on years before. Hollis insists on bringing them to her house and cooking a meal for them. Quickly, Lindsey, Colin, Hassan are offered jobs interviewing the people if Gutshot for Hollis. T... ... middle of paper ... ...stings and a lot of energy lost the two try to find their way back to somewhere familiar. Finally they find a place they had been before. Also they find out that TOC has been cheating on Lindsey with Katarina, Hassan’s girlfriend. So Hassan breaks up with her and Colin promises TOC that he will not tell Lindsey. All of them create a fire and slowly, the rest of the group arrives. They all sit around and talk, until Colin plays his recorder, which has TOC’s voice saying he had cheated on Lindsey. TOC starts fighting with Colin and everyone helps Colin by beating up TOC. Later Colin found out that he had actually dumped one of the Katherines. Once he found that out the equation worked. Soon he started to date Lindsey, and they lasted longer than the equation predicted. Finally Colin decided that the future cannot be predicted whether by an equation or anything else.

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