My book club is reading LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA. It's been on my list of books to read for 21 years. Worth the wait.
I was grabbed when early in the book, and mid-way through their 50 year plus marriage, the husband comes out of the bathroom and informs his wife there hasn't been soap in the tub for a week.
She knows perfectly well it's only been three days.
They fight for months over that, neither one backing down.
Many years later when the man is too elderly to bathe himself, there's a beautiful scene of the wife tenderly and lovingly spending an hour bathing him and helping him to dress.
When he dies his look is full of love, and his last words to his wife are: "Only God knows how much I loved you."
Abiding love.
11 comments:
Gorgeous post..
Love you.
Suzy
Sounds like me and my husband. I've done that with the soap, wondering how long it would take him to notice.
Makes me want to read that. Adding it to my TBR list.
Worth the wait, indeed. This book has been parked deep in my sub-conscious wanna-do category for many years. Thanks for bringing it up again, and for posting!
Terrific stuff.
EFH
Wow.
I need to get back to the local library's book club - thanks for the nudge.
Cheers
It's been on my list for ages as well. What am I waiting for? It sounds as beautiful as I thought it would be.
Wow! Guess I'll have to try this book again. You've got a great theme working here. :)
One of the best books ever.
Saw the movie. Loved that, too.
Wow-Guess I'm off to the bookstore
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