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itspileofgoodthings · 2 years ago

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okay so the estranged married couple in my Goudge novel did NOT get back together, he DIED off-page without being reconciled to his wife whom he had not seen in years and Charles is NOT going to suffer for not being faithful to Lucy, it is totally treated as a matter of course and instead of any reckoning with that Lucy has now been unfaithful to him??? with one of his friends!?? and most loyal supporters ???? !!???!??? what is GOING on akksksksjsjejejekek

#now she is going to have a baby #I am going to SCREAM #it is so funny and so Goudge #I have discovered her weakness. and it is historical novels #anyway like. Lucy’s affair was very loving #she was basically exhausted and abandoned and he was ill and sick and tragic and they just were kind of swept up together #and then not strong enough to be strong #which is very real #and human #but I am still shaken at Goudge not letting anything about this book go the way I wanted #she’s at her best when she is really focusing in on a love story and two people on real moral and emotional journeys #and that is not what is going on because of the stupid historical background. or it IS but it’s all happening very fast because of politics #anyway it’s. I. Wkkskwjejejejejejejejjeejjejejejejejejejejhe.#she keeps BLINDSIDING ME #elizabeth goudge #the child from the sea

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