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Date Posted: 06:25:47 09/30/14 Tue
Author: CarolE
Subject: Me too! And you said it much better than I could!
In reply to: Rita 's message, "Thank you, Shadow! Very enlightening! It's not that I ever disliked Frank. I just don't care for him. Though in the end, all I can think when I read DG's message is Claire and Frank had been mainly apart for six years, but they knew (or at least they had an idea) where the other one was and what was going on. And look how awkward and closed with each other they still were, even a few days into their second honeymoon (even more so in the book than in the series). Then Claire and Jamie were apart for 20 (twenty!) years, thinking each other dead (and even after they found each other, Jamie still can't know how life was in the 20th century) -- and yet, they connect, really connect, so quickly and beautifully. Too many adverbs :) but it does tell us something about the concept of soulmate." on 03:51:57 09/30/14 Tue


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[> [> [> [> Well, I'll tell you, I think Claire's clinging to the memory of a "dead" man probably had a lot to do with Frank becoming a distant and emotionally unavailable husband. If she had been able to fully recommit to Frank ---none of the separation was his fault after all--- things might have been happier between them. I can't help thinking that most of the difficulties in their marriage were her fault. -- Shads, 07:34:00 09/30/14 Tue

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[> [> [> [> [> I too think Frank and Claire's marriage failed mainly because Claire couldn't be the wife he needed. Couldn't be his wife at all, in fact. But that was not really her fault. More something like fate. Bad luck for Frank that she met Jamie, and after knowing what a full marriage was, there's no way to UNknow it. Just like after reading these books. Many other good books now pale in comparison :) -- Rita, 11:20:40 09/30/14 Tue

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