I really like this bit: It occurred to him, years later, lying in the scratchy pale hospital sheets, that there was no culture on Earth that wouldn't have known how to advise him on black-haired women with lovely voices found in the wild, harsh reaches of the world.
I like the secondary characters very much, especially Frannie and her resilience and Martha, who is just as I like to imagine her: gruff but kind.
And just as I was thinking my heart was getting too big and clenched-up with emotion to go on, the end left me laughing. Thank you!
(And you've added several poems to my reading list (yes, I am *that* reader, the one who takes notes on other people's footnotes) - again, thanks!)
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I really like this bit: It occurred to him, years later, lying in the scratchy pale hospital sheets, that there was no culture on Earth that wouldn't have known how to advise him on black-haired women with lovely voices found in the wild, harsh reaches of the world.
I like the secondary characters very much, especially Frannie and her resilience and Martha, who is just as I like to imagine her: gruff but kind.
And just as I was thinking my heart was getting too big and clenched-up with emotion to go on, the end left me laughing. Thank you!
(And you've added several poems to my reading list (yes, I am *that* reader, the one who takes notes on other people's footnotes) - again, thanks!)