his patients following his wife, haha oh boy but still amusing in a weird way. It's a bit of bizarre novel at times and a couple thing had me raising my eyebrows Sadie tweeting about their marriage and secret blogging. Ralph was a sweet but sometimes naive guy, took me a bit to warm up to him.Ī mini subplot with one of their sons I would have loved to see more about, kind of sweet in its own way. Sadie I wanted to shake many times and had no sympathy for her. I wanted to give Miriam a hug many times and give her mother a nice verbal tirade. Sometimes not all-together likeable but I grew to care about them and hoping things would work out for them somehow (though it isn't easy to see how anything could). It's not one of those 'Oh my god, I have to know what happens next' but it's compelling in its own way.

there's not a whole lot of plot/story but it draws you into the lives of these dysfunctional, ordinary people. One of those quiet, slowly unravelling novels that is more of a character study of sorts.

And being with another person is so complicated and difficult and maybe it's not worth the effort. We're all something in particular, but how is it possible to know what that something is? That's the question.' Please reply with a comment, whoever you are. 'You have to be bionic, supersonic, virtually histrionic, in ten places at once and forever full of comment: I am here, are you listening? I am sharing the minutia of my everyday life. They know the rules, the way it's supposed to go. They know what a life should contain, all the simple and complicated things like shopping and Zumba and being physically intimate with another body.

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