This book was a treat for me. I really found it fascinating to experience the thoughts/lives of David, Caroline and Norah. It was full of events/thoughts to consider. Sometimes what happened would seem like something I would do/think/react to and sometimes they seemed totally alien to my own ways.
When David handed the baby to Caroline and told Norah she died, I could really feel as though it was something to which I could relate and which I found good/admirable. David had a need to "help" Norah -- and many others -- that we often find honorable, even saint like. Yet, by the end of the book we feel the dismay that David feels as he looks back on this moment. Such dismay and sadness don't seem a fair return for such a noble action.
Did any other reader have similiar thoughts?
This book was a treat for me. I really found it fascinating to experience the thoughts/lives of David, Caroline and Norah. It was full of events/thoughts to consider. Sometimes what happened would seem like something I would do/think/react to and sometimes they seemed totally alien to my own ways. When David handed the baby to Caroline and told Norah she died, I could really feel as though it was something to which I could relate and which I found good/admirable. David had a need to "help" Norah -- and many others -- that we often find honorable, even saint like. Yet, by the end of the book we feel the dismay that David feels as he looks back on this moment. Such dismay and sadness don't seem a fair return for such a noble action. Did any other reader have similiar thoughts?