Reviewer: Catie9 Signed
Date: January 19, 2008
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Standing in the grocery store holding a plastic carton of strawberries to her nose, then glancing up to find him watching her, the expression on his face almost dazed, as if he still can't believe it's all real.
This image strikes me as quietly beautiful. It's so serene, and true, and just Jim and Pam to an extreme for me. And that's a lot to get out of a line about buying strawberries. For me, this little insight is the core of what this story is about.
I just reread The Awakening for the first time since HS, so this story is serendipitously timed. And it makes perfect sense that Pam would idenify with Edna. I mean, apart from actually having gone through with the marriage and having two kids that are constantly demanding bon-bons, they are one in the same. There's just something so warm and so right about imaginging Pam reading while Jim dozes beside her. You have quite a knack for this, missy, and I'm off to check out the rest of what you've got going on!
Author's Response:
Wow -- what a great, thoughtful review! Totally made my day, I have to tell you. :o) So flattered at your first comment re: the strawberries scene being the core of what the story's about, because that's the sort of...sense I was hoping to weave through here.
And YES -- I was feeling all warm and fuzzy when writing the scene with Pam reading and Jim dozing beside her. I'd imagine it would take them weeks and weeks and weeks just to get used to even the quiet moments, you know?
Thanks so much for reviewing!