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Crossing to Safety: Part 1, Chapters 6-10
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Welcome back to our discussions on Wallace Stegner’s lovely novel. This week we explore Charity’s upbringing, Sid’s contradictions, and what makes their relationship compelling and complicated. Plus we examine how the novel portrays the complicated marriage of Charity and Sid, whose generosity and virtues can also become sources of control and conflict. We also contrast the couple’s competing visions of a good life with Larry and Sally’s quieter dynamic, while considering how narration, ambition, and personal blind spots shape what readers believe. Happy listening!
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