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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loved that book and I actually read it myself. Was a few years ago though. That’s what I like about Ann Patchett her characters are nuanced and there is no moralizing. [/quote] See I didn’t even see Elna as nuanced. I saw her as purely selfish, narcissistic, and simpering for strangers to think she was selfless and caring. I think the characters of the household staff saw her as nuanced and that bothered me (but maybe that’s a sign of good writing). Danny didn’t, but he just became purely apathetic towards her (like he was towards Andrea for a while as a teen) as a defense mechanism. And Maeve thankfully saw through her in the end. But Elna was never punished, which makes the book itself more interesting I guess , but the injustice made me want to throw it down. [/quote]
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