Kathleen answers “Moriarty inserts the pandemic into the...”

Judith asked this question about Apples Never Fall:

Moriarty inserts the pandemic into the final chapters of the book. Does that totally break the mood for anyone else? Pretty much ruined the ending for me.

Kathleen I was going to mention in my review how much I loved the way wildfires and pandemic both brought reality and depth to the novel's world--a world so mu…moreI was going to mention in my review how much I loved the way wildfires and pandemic both brought reality and depth to the novel's world--a world so much changed from the 1970s--a world that must grow more serious and responsible, just as our characters have. I *felt* that moral rather than *read* it. It wasn't hammered home. Just, subtextually, here we are now. The world has changed, and those changes impact us. (less)

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