on the spur of the moment, almost as a fleeting thought, these women leave their homes and families because they just can't do it anymore...
um, hello...
who hasn't wanted to run-away for a while every now and then?
it sounds like such a freedom to leave behind everything that wasn't working in your life... starting your life over as someone entirely different, leaving the past and embarking on a better future...
doing things that you weren't able to try because of limits--self-imposed or otherwise...
is it okay to react to the selfishness with more selfishness?
is it the only way to be heard? is it punishment for those left at home?
i don't know.
i chose this book because it was about pawley's island in south carolina, because i love books 
about the south. it was about the beach, and i love books about the beach... little did i know it would be an cautionary epistle about what happens when there is a loss of communication breaking down relationships.
it's easy to look back in hindsight and see how it happens... but is it as easy to identify the grind when it's gradually eroding everything important around you? when do the important things that we once held so close drift away? are we really so busy that we don't notice when we get caught up in work, in kids' activities, my friends versus your friends...? it's scary.
but then again, do we escape only to save our loved ones from the pain we will unavoidingly inflict? this is one of those books with two characters running away for two different reasons...
happy reading!
(is unavoidingly a word? i need a proofreader)
(photograph of pawley's island was shamelessly swiped from blue sky gallery)
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