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Date Posted: 06:03:15 08/31/09 Mon
Author: CatherineM.
Subject: Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Cristina. And yes -- that personal reflection is a way of reading ourselves, isn't it . . . .
In reply to: Cristina H 's message, "I will start....one of the reasons that I think that the books are so "addictive" is that Diana covers universal themes...marriage, love, loss, sacrifice. Like all great literature, there are things that each reader can relate to. Right now, I look to the books for the relationship between husband and wife.My brother-in-law's marriage is ending, fortunately mine is (thus far after 16 years) pretty good, but the books are a sort of starting off point for personal reflection. Maybe at a different point in my life I will find other themes. Needless to say, the books are exciting and the sex is good, too!" on 03:46:30 08/31/09 Mon


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[> [> I agree, Christina H, about your "starting off point for personal reflection" idea. And that idea itself even becomes part of the story, with Roger observing marriage by looking at how Jamie and Claire do it; and Claire and her "journey without a map" idea. Another place this shows up is when Tom tells Claire about how the prisoners at Ardsmuir would compare their lives to those of the characters in novels. -- fiona j, 07:22:43 08/31/09 Mon


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