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Meghan
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Jun 01, 2012 09:23PM

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I think my favorite is the mini-romance between Trish (wife #4) and June. I liked the interest and respect they had for each other. And how hard must it have been for Trish when she wasn't getting her "fair" share of Golden. She was quite frustrated. Here she would get her hair done and all dolled up so they could have a special night together. I liked the part at the end when Trish and Golden were having a tremendous amount of fun with each other at night on the "old couch." Impotence was his excuse, but in a lot of ways he is a coward through most of the book. After losing Rusty, I was glad that he realized that he really needed to take charge of his family as they were so unhappy.
When Trish got pregnant with June, that also created a dynamic as she genuinely liked/loved him, and was very attention starved. She had a lot of fun with Golden trying to "cure" his impotence.
When Trish got pregnant with June, that also created a dynamic as she genuinely liked/loved him, and was very attention starved. She had a lot of fun with Golden trying to "cure" his impotence.
I kind of liked the subplot with Golden and Glory. I feel a bit hypocritcal saying that, because I'm not too sure how much it contributed to the overall novel. Perhaps that subplot WAS important, because Glory showed Golden's REAL father side--not the fact that he sired 29 children and thus he must be a MEGA DAD, but his genuine adoration and protectiveness of his most vulnerable child, him caring for her behind the scenes. I don't know that Glory redeems Golden, but she reflects a rather poignant side of him.


(Evil me also thinks he deserved a breakdown for how she died. In most books, I would have been absolutely wrecked for a character who lost a child that way. With Golden, it just made me hate him that much more. Essentially, two of his children died because he's a moron. The rest of the Richards children should really get together and figure out a way to off him before he kills another one. Maybe the naughty Sinkfoyle boys can help.)