Indivisible: When the Hero of the Story Chooses You
by Emily Conrad
(Fair warning: There are spoilers in this post about Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge. Since the novel was published over 70 years ago, I hope you won't mind me letting the cat out of the bag...)
Can I just say it like it is? Marianne annoyed me. She was self-centered and proud. She had a habit of grabbing what she wanted at the expense of good people. She wasn’t pretty, well-liked, hopeful, or generous.
Marianne’s sister was her opposite. I cheered for sweet, beautiful, positive Marguerite in her pursuit of the man both sisters loved, William.
But then, as the result of a silly mix up, the kind and heroic William married Marianne to save her from humiliation—though she totally deserved a big dose of humility (IMHO, of course).
I got so frustrated with the book that my reading slowed to a crawl. Little did I know that Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge would go on to teach me more about love than any other novel I’ve ever read.
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(Fair warning: There are spoilers in this post about Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge. Since the novel was published over 70 years ago, I hope you won't mind me letting the cat out of the bag...)
Can I just say it like it is? Marianne annoyed me. She was self-centered and proud. She had a habit of grabbing what she wanted at the expense of good people. She wasn’t pretty, well-liked, hopeful, or generous.
Marianne’s sister was her opposite. I cheered for sweet, beautiful, positive Marguerite in her pursuit of the man both sisters loved, William.
But then, as the result of a silly mix up, the kind and heroic William married Marianne to save her from humiliation—though she totally deserved a big dose of humility (IMHO, of course).
I got so frustrated with the book that my reading slowed to a crawl. Little did I know that Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge would go on to teach me more about love than any other novel I’ve ever read.
Read more »
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