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Stories like this reinforces the idea that it’s romantic to follow women you don’t know.

What a sad fable

I’m not sure this character would act out this romance trope

Mimicking Mr. Kapasi’s allusion: this doesn’t make sense.

This is not what children are like

Literal tour of India.

I had assumed American television in the 70s would not show the Bangladesh Liberating War

This is the nicest backstabbings I’ve ever seen.

A three bedroom house for two people? Fancy!

My expectations are low, but we’ll see

Again, weird as hell.

Weird diction by the author. “Sin” and “saved” all of a sudden

Again, Henry, wildly inappropriate.

Nope.

I was really hoping Frankie would get a life.

Boo.

*roll my eyes at Frankie*

Girl, if you think a baby is going to help you stop feeling ashamed, anxious, and angry, then I’ve got something to tell you…

…if it’s legal then why did the doctor ask her if she was married?!

“Milady”? Red flag.

I guess Frankie’s PTSD just…went away?

Creepy — “See you soon, Frankie.”

Hell, hospitals in the 70s must have had much better paid-leave or something.

Weird that the Vietnamese workers and patients didn’t get names but this San Diego front-desk clerk we never see again gets a name.

If Frankie is in her 20s…then her mom is in her…40s? Also, ugh to this trope but, sure, it makes since if you follow gender norms.

Barb sits and Henry leave, he doesn’t even say hi. Weird

What is a “sexy” basement bar?

Third most frequent word? “Barb” with 365 counts. Third most frequent after “Frankie” (1,659) and “said” (988)

Just for fun, I did some analysis: top two-word string? “Believe me” count? 8. Second top two-word string? “a dog” and “frankie yelled” and “holding hands” count? 6.

probably not the right time for the narrator’s one sentence criticizing the patriarchy. random