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The music had filled Julie with yearnings, partly for David and the imperfect life they’d been living back then, but mostly for the life she’d believed she would have. For the faith she’d had in possibilities.
She’d had the misfortune of being talented and capable in many areas without being expert in any of them. This, he’d noted, makes one interesting when young but usually, when middle-aged, disappointed.
Animals are generally assumed to be blameless and thus forgivable, while humans are assumed to be complicit in their own tragedies. How else could you explain the right-wing attitude toward health care, poverty, and prison?
In chapter 18, David presents Mandy with three essay prompts to sharpen her college application: • Tell us about the relationship between you and your archnemesis, real or imagined. • Dog and cat. Coffee and tea. Everyone knows there are two types of people in the world. What are they? • What is Square One and can you really go back to it? Pick one and answer it from your own experience. What do you think the novel’s answer to each question is?
