![]() The news is a terrible blow to Douglas, whose world has been made brighter for so long by the arty and worldly Connie's presence in it. But even before they leave, Connie wakes Douglas in the middle of the night and tells him that she thinks their marriage has run its course and she might leave him when they come back from Europe. They have planned a month long Grand Tour of Europe and its spectacular art, their last family vacation before Albie leaves for college. And that is why it was so very curious and intriguing to read about Douglas and Connie, characters in David Nicholls' newest novel, Us, who started out fundamentally different and who have never really bridged that gap in all the years of their marriage.ĭouglas and Connie Petersen have been married for twenty-five years and have a seventeen year old son, Albie. Twenty-five years on, I suppose we could have grown alike rather than started that way but I suspect that the fundamentals were always there. In all the ways that really matter though, our view of the world, our desires for the future, our theories on how to raise our kids, we are very similar. He loves meeting strangers I'd rather go to the dentist for a root canal. ![]() ![]() He likes comic book movies and thrillers I like rom-coms. They say that opposites attract, right? My husband and I are certainly opposites in many ways but our opposing ideas are generally superficial. ![]()
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