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I cannot even begin to describe how brilliant this is. This is something they'd obviously never do on the show, but it's fascinating to see Pam give her life the complete tear-down and fresh start it needed post-Casino Night. You really embraced the quiet desperation of this office, and you made Pam's journey about PAM and not just about Jam without forgetting that Jim is one of the things Pam wants to be brave enough to go after. (I love the way their connection is used here.)

It's just a literary accomplishment. I've said this before, but I desperately hope you're still writing.

What an amazing story. I am so glad I read it.

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I wish there was a way I can write a review that is as eloquent as your story. But since I can't, hopefully you'll settle for this one. Your story read like poetry. The images and feelings evoked by the words you used, the way you painted the story, everything about this was absolutely beautiful. I love the fact that Pam just up and left one day, finally taking that chance, finding herself in a new place, gradually learning to be happy, and how throughout the learning and the living, Jim and Pam ended up together.

And as I read through this (more than twice!), I kept thinking that this line was my favorite until I got to the next one. I couldn't choose one because this...this was just too perfect. It alternately made me smile, made my throat tightened, made me sigh, and everything in between.

Also, I don't know the song that the title is from but the title is simply wonderful. It was the reason I read this and I'm so glad.

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful piece of writing.

Great story, bebitched! My favorite part: "There are men here too. It’s not as if there weren’t ones back in Scranton but there she was engaged and in love (not to the same man the whole time, though) and it seemed a little ridiculous to notice the other boys in the playground if there were two already pulling her pigtails." Brilliantly put! Keep up the good writing. :)

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I've been so busy I've barely read any fanfiction lately, but after the premiere (or whatever you call the first show after a 5 month strike hiatus), I had to go visit MTT.  I saw this was a oneshot, so I thought I'd check it out.

And wow.  Goosebumps.  I love how understated this is.  Almost austere -- which goes along perfectly with the desert theme.  This is going in my favorites.

Nice AU - I like its structure especially.

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Wow, this is so beautiful; it made me cry.

This is really lovely. The pacing is so perfect, we get a sense of waiting, waiting, waiting...and we might get a bit impatient, but we know it's right. I also really love the reversal you played--that Pam was the one brave enough to start over, and it took Jim another year to work up the nerve to take that chance. Very very well done.

--Strider

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i'm tired.  but this is awesome and i loooooove you.  i think this would rock as a really long fic.  show their whole lives in the southwest!

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Beautiful, emotional and provocative.   Very well done!

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This was so incredibly beautiful. I actually don't know what to say. The whole piece flowed so very well, and was so evocative that it hurt in places. Really really well done. Thank you.

Loved it!  The end was perfection.

wow, just beautiful.  Love the pacing of this and the little scenes that you've strung together -- like big chunky beads.

"at work he’s just alone with people around" -- that line just slices right to the bone.  Beautifully done.