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Sobbing on the tube as I finish this. “I wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for you. He would be somewhere else entirely. He would be different with women, his aspirations for love would be different. And Marianne herself, she would be another person completely. Would she ever have been happy? All these years they’ve been like two plants sharing the same soil growing around one another.”

So easy to read and very relatable. Flows beautifully. Connell and Marianne have reunited after their breakup, the description of being in love, of being reunited with your soulmate, of familiarity with another human being that you allow yourself to be completely vulnerable with, that you have expressed the greatest of intimacy with. Especially heart wrenching in this moment in my life. I miss those moments.

So ready to read and very relatable. Flows beautifully. Connell and Marianne have reunited after their breakup, the description of being in love, of being reunited with your soulmate, of familiarity with another human being that you allow yourself to be completely vulnerable with, that you have expressed the greatest of intimacy with. Especially heart wrenching in this moment in my life. I miss those moments.

Page 11: “Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it. She had that feeling often, but it wasn’t accompanied by any specific images of what the real life might look or feel like. All she knew was that when it started, she wouldn’t need to imagine it anymore.”