How I Live Now

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains descriptions of disordered eating, wartime violence, murder, violent death, and graphic descriptions of corpses.

Daisy and Piper stay with the soldiers for a week. The two of them and Jane McEvoy are the only women present, and the men treat them like queens. Daisy asks the soldiers about the realities of surviving in the wild, secretly preparing for her and Piper’s imminent journey to find Edmond and Isaac. Baz continues to guard them as they read, prepare food, and sleep. A few nights later, Baz wakes them up in the middle of the night and tells them to get their things. They obey, fleeing from the barn. When they stop near sunrise, Baz tells them which direction to go, hugs Piper, and gives the girls a bag of supplies.

Piper and Daisy continue traveling until the sun has fully risen. They hear far-off gunshots at one point, and Daisy tells Piper about the map and their travel plans. There are a decent number of footpaths that help them navigate the countryside. Daisy doesn’t think that any soldiers will be wandering around on the footpaths, but she nonetheless takes them some distance from the paths to find a place to rest.