Dear Barbara Gowdy,
your book, The Romantic, did not make me feel better. This true and ultimate be-all-and-end-all love with a beautiful young man who is mentally unstable and alcoholic did not end well. And you forgot to write the epilogue where the protagonist goes on to find happiness with a stable, well-adjusted gentleman and lives happily ever after. And you forgot to say that even though her heart was broken a couple of times over by that young man, and even though he really was beautiful and worthwhile and important, that she is still good at loving and can move on. And you forgot to say that she is able to find greater fulfillment and joy later on.
I guess I'll just write that in for you.
Beautiful novel though.
love,
Meredith R. Mistletoe
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