Sarah Cauldwell Bratt answers “Did anyone else realize Joe and Nelson...”

Dawne Webber asked this question about Tom Lake:

Did anyone else realize Joe and Nelson were the same person before it's revealed in Chapter 12? It seems to me that the three girls would have made some comment when Lara tells them about the first time she met Nelson, the director: Oh, here's the part where you met Dad? What did you think of him?

Sarah Cauldwell Bratt I just started chapter 13 and came to ask this question - I was very confused, not delighted, by the connection, as I think we were supposed to be.
Th…moreI just started chapter 13 and came to ask this question - I was very confused, not delighted, by the connection, as I think we were supposed to be.
The daughters certainly would have reacted differently at the beginning of the telling of this day.
It’s ok, I’m still very much delighted by hearing the story read to me by Meryl Streep. :-)(less)

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