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Oh, Mary... I'm late to the party but your dialogue is just breathtaking! So unexpected and wonderful. Like jazz... the music of surprise.

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Oh, Alisa, talk about making my day!

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Such playful banter atop layers and layers of foreboding angst!

“He’s alone, without a mate—only God can sport with him. We do something we can’t control. You do know that, don’t you? The best and worst of what we are.”

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Ah, slant dialogue--had to work so hard on that, let alone Leviathan! xx

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Mary - the rollercoaster continues! Once again, I am surprised at the twists and turns. And I do love the evocative writing. This chapter brings many questions; looking forward to the next one!

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Means much, Susan, that you continue to read. xxoo

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This wriggling and writhing sentence:

»I wonder if, I think as we’ve discussed over the years, perhaps on subjects such as my father, if I haven’t become accustomed to and adept at moving things under the now crowded rug, that that’s how I exist and deal with things.«
 seems to be tying itself in knots.

And with every mention, the rug seems to be getting increasingly crowded…

You are a master at metaphor, Mary!

Powerful and unsettling ~ the puzzle of tiny bones. As unsettling, I assume, as the capsize of Lena’s life must be for her.

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As usual, fab reader: You "hit it" with eloquence. You are a love and your most recent essay, was, as I said, a wonder on "despair". Love to you, ~ Mary

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Mary your words and perception of humanness leave me gasping for more every time... this ! x

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Ah, Susan, my sincere thanks or such lovely words from you about the writing and the perceptions.

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Awesome. Just brilliant. All the subtle nuances of an affair (not that I would know anything about that), but simply being in love and questioning it, and wanting it, and dismissing it, and confusing it...it's just life happening all around us, isn't it?

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What a great comment, Ben: Life happening all around us!

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