They Twain Shall Be One Flesh; Richard and Jill Carter
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By the third book (Canaan Camp) Richard and Jill have become "life partners." They are complementary halves of a whole, each supplying what the other lacks. Or perhaps a better way to put it is that they are a Gestalt, being together more than they are alone.
It seems at first glance that Richard is the main beneficiary of this "partnership," but on closer inspection we see that Jill needs him as much as he needs her. And the cause is emotional trauma along with the common situation that we all find ourselves in: Life is a rough journey and no one can go it completely alone.
Jill is more educated and intelligent than Richard in many ways, but life has equipped him with skills that she does not possess. He may be stronger than she is, but she is tougher than he. Yet their union and strength is tenuous.
Then came Mirabelle. A threefold chord is not easily broken.
A.R. Simmons
By the third book (Canaan Camp) Richard and Jill have become "life partners." They are complementary halves of a whole, each supplying what the other lacks. Or perhaps a better way to put it is that they are a Gestalt, being together more than they are alone.
It seems at first glance that Richard is the main beneficiary of this "partnership," but on closer inspection we see that Jill needs him as much as he needs her. And the cause is emotional trauma along with the common situation that we all find ourselves in: Life is a rough journey and no one can go it completely alone.
Jill is more educated and intelligent than Richard in many ways, but life has equipped him with skills that she does not possess. He may be stronger than she is, but she is tougher than he. Yet their union and strength is tenuous.
Then came Mirabelle. A threefold chord is not easily broken.
A.R. Simmons
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