Upon meeting, Art and Elisabeth fall in love.ĭaniel, now 104 years old, “can’t articulate enough how much he dislikes himself for forgetting things he can’t remember.” His mind wanders to the internment of his father in World War I, and his own internment with his father on the Isle of Man in the Second World War. In “Autumn,” Daniel had inspired and taught 8-year-old Elisabeth, the daughter of his neighbor, now an adult who still visits Daniel regularly. The Greenlaws accompany Art and Charlotte to visit Daniel Gluck, once a lover of Art’s deceased mother. Not just that - he is the kind of light that’s in the word delight.” No, he is light, actual light, light itself. Robert himself feels as if he too is neon, lightning zagging though him, he is shining, … he is a source of light too because of her.
The visitor called Charlotte is lighting up this room.
Robert is enchanted: “The name CHARLOTTE lights up like a word in a neon sign. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield.Īrt and Charlotte, a couple who no longer are coupling, live in his deceased mother, Sophie’s, house with Sophie’s sister, Iris, “a seasoned lefty activist.” They had found Sacha and taken her to the emergency room to have the egg timer removed from her hand, and brought her home. When Robert glues a glass egg timer to his sister’s hand, he texts “from now on u always have time on uyr hands.” She texts back “Thanks for the exceptional bonding experience.” They are the most delightful children since J.D. The siblings argue fiercely, enjoy jokes together. Robert is brilliant and “what mother calls intransigent, what her father calls acting like a bloody moron and what Ashley, if Ashley were to speak out loud, would call something so expletive that their father would literally have to leave her and move back home again.”
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