| In the end, he's restored | To make it worse, Dominick gets back with Dessa, the wife who left him after she lost the baby and he ot a vasectomy without telling her - she conveniently broke up with whatshisname, who was described by Dominick as a good guy, for no reason other than to set her up to get back with Dominick - which she does, and it just so happens that Dominick's previous girlfriend, the young and troubled Joy, not only became a mother but also got diagnosed with HIV and Dominick just so happens to be the only person in the world that she trusts to take care of her baby in case she passes away - which she does |
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| This book just went rocketing to my all-time Favourites shelf |
The film rights expired and reverted to Lamb, who thought the novel would be better adapted into a miniseries rather than a film.
10| Another thing is the dialogue is driving me crazy | The protagonist had also had his life turned upside down by the death of his baby daughter, his wife leaving him and his brother's suicide |
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| During Ruffalo's weight gain, he lost 30 pounds to stand in as Dominick | It explores the nature of close family relationships and how you can love someone and also hate them and be embarrassed by them, and the guilt that results from these conflicting emotions |
By page 250 I wanted to abandon the book altogether as I encountered some powerful emotional reactions to rape, child abuse I absolutely loved this book and cried my eyes out during the last 60 pages.
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