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Burdened by the “impossible” task of making Laurie happy, Jim went on “strike,” gave up, or simply turned away.
Michael J. Bader • Arousal
Maggie Jones
Kent Haruf • Plainsong (Plainsong series Book 1)

vicissitude
Rumaan Alam • Leave the World Behind

schizoid
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84 (Vintage International)
It was because of Humboldt that I went on to read the stories of Delmore Schwartz, and fell in love with In Dreams Begin Responsibilities.
Ann Patchett • This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Sylvanshine could almost literally see the small pink man drinking Pepto-Bismol straight out of the bottle and going home to a woman who treated him like an uninteresting stranger.