He added letters explaining things she never really wanted to hear. Even though Graham is angry that their relationship has crumbled to the point that they are opening the box early, Quinn reads the letters Graham has written to her. Graham has brought the box containing their letters with him. He says he is tired of waiting and wants her to tell him to either leave, or he wants her to come home with him.

After three weeks, Graham follows Quinn to Europe to confront her about their relationship. Quinn travels to Europe to stay with her sister while she recovers from the surgery. Quinn has lost hope of ever having children. There was enough damage, however, for a hysterectomy to be necessary. The doctor tells Quinn that she miscarried an ectopic pregnancy, a pregnancy that would have never been viable. She hemorrhages and Graham takes her to the hospital. After a particularly brutal argument, Quinn suffers severe stomach pain. They have not had sex, but he has kissed her. Graham and Quinn’s unhappiness climaxes when Graham admits he is being unfaithful to Quinn with a woman that he met at work. Making love gives her hope she might receive a miracle, but the hope is dashed each month when her period starts. Quinn is so hurt by not being able to have a child that she does not even want to make love to Graham. The chapters of the novel that detail the excitement of Quinn and Graham’s new relationship and growing love are alternated with chapters that describe what their relationship looks like seven years later.

They begin trying to have children on their first wedding anniversary. After dating, the two realize how perfect they are for one another. They head to Quinn’s apartment with Quinn thinking they will have revenge sex, but instead, Graham instructs Quinn to call him once she is finished with her rebound relationship. Quinn narrates how she and Graham meet one day because her fiancé and his girlfriend are cheating on them with each other. Will a reminder of their old love for each other be enough to bring them back together? Graham meanwhile, loves Quinn but fears he is no longer enough for her. After battling infertility for years Quinn believes Graham would be better off with another woman. Graham intended the box, containing love letters they had written to one another, to be opened on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary as a reminder of how strong their love had remained. In the novel All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover, Quinn and Graham never believed they would have to open the wooden box, their marriage survival kit, that Graham gave Quinn on their wedding day. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Collen, All Your Perfects.

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