‘By the end I did.’ She shrugged. ‘I realise that this sounds like I’m putting on a brave face, but we make too big a deal about being alone. People aren’t meant to spend their whole adult lives with one other person. In fact, very few do. Well, not very few, but your parents, mine, they’re not the majority. And lots of people live without a life partner. I don’t know why this perfectly common thing’s thought of as odd or sad.’
