Uncwadi, okanye mandithi ubuchule bokubhala bombhali, bunokukwazi ukushwankathela ubomi obude obude, ndinike isibuko apho sinikwa khona ukudibana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwemiphefumlo emibini ehambelanayo.
Isibuko kule meko simiselwe phakathi kweendawo ezimbini ezahlukileyo okwexeshana. Kwelinye icala sidibana noLexie Sinclair, okhokela ubomi obubonakalayo obunoxolo kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni zamaNgesi phakathi kwinkulungwane yama-XNUMX. Ude uLexie ngokwakhe asenze sibone ukuba uxolo lunokugqibela luba lukhulu, luyacaphukisa, luhlukanise. Xa uLexie ethatha isigqibo sokushiya ikhaya lakhe, eLondon kubonakala ngathi uyamamkela ngezandla ezivulekileyo ngenkululeko yakhe entsha. Kunye noKent uya kwazi i-bohemian, ukukhanya kobusuku kunye nemvisiswano neminye imimoya engazinzanga engafumani sithuba sayo kwinyani yesiqhelo nayo.
Kwelinye icala le-symmetry, simke sade safumanisa u-Elina ngexesha langoku. Ungumama mhlawumbi ongafuni ukuba. Ngoxanduva lobomi obutsha emva kwakhe, uElina uza kuhamba phakathi kwamathandabuzo nokusasazeka. Umlingane wakho ubonakala ngamanye amaxesha esenza uhambo olufanayo oluya kwenye indawo ekude, ngaphandle kwentsalela yemvumelwano ngamanye amaxesha ebinokubamanya.
Amaxesha ohlukeneyo obomi phakathi kweLexie yenkulungwane ephelileyo kunye no-Elina wanamhlanje. Ukanti, phantsi kobunzima besixeko saseLondon, sifumanisa amanyathelo afanayo kubo bobabini abantu basetyhini, ngokungathi isixeko besisazi ukuba bobabini babelana ngamacandelo omabini endiza yethutyana.
Ekugqibeleni, imalunga ne-inertia kunye namasiko, malunga nokuba indlela yakho ibiyindlela yakho ngokwenene. Ukuba uphumelele kwinto obuyilindele okanye ukuba uzihlalele ngamaphupha okungcwaba phantsi kwesiqhelo semihla ngemihla.
UMaggie O'Farrell uphumelele kule ngqungquthela yokubhala i-alchemy, uvelwano olusifafaza sonke phakathi komntu esicinga ukuba singuye kunye nomntu esasiyiyo ekugqibeleni.
Isenokungaze ibe lixesha lokutshintsha. Ngapha koko, ngelixa usaphila kuhlala kukho ithuba lokubhala kwakhona ibhlog yakho. Kuphela ziimeko ekuzo, ukusikelwa umda noxanduva kulawula. Umda oshiyekileyo unokugqibela ukhokelela kwi-melancholy, njengoko kusenzeka kuTed, iqabane lika-Elina. Kuphela kukuba yena, njengoLexie, uziva omelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba angatshintsha yonke into. Enoba loo nto okanye unikezele kwinto engekhoyo.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Isandla sokuqala esasibambe esam, Incwadi entsha kaMaggie O'Farrell, nantsi: