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Page 17 - the book passes by, but so far so many of the descriptions of people and conversations are overused - the person who only wears heels, even in the house; the tough-but-caring boss at the magazine. The undervalued (by the tough boss) gay co-worker.

Oh my, this is painful for me to read. Not that it is a slog - I am chugging through the ups and downs of Sam Hill(what I almost named both sons)’s life. But the predictability. Have you seen Forest Gump? Replace his intellectual challenges with red eyes. Have you read John Irving? Take out every edge and perversion. Voila! This book. But I read Winston Groom’s books and it was much better.m.