Siyaxwayiswa ukuthi okwedlule ngeke kumbozwe, noma kumbozwe, noma kunjalo ukhohlwe ... Okwedlule ngumuntu ofile ongangcwatshwa, isipoki esidala esingashiswa.
Ukube isikhathi esedlule besinezikhathi ezibucayi lapho konke kuphenduke kwaba okungafanele kube yikho; uma ubuntwana buhlukaniswe baba izicucu eziyinkulungwane yizithunzi ezingaziwa zeqiniso elibi kakhulu; ungakhathazeki, lezo zinkumbulo zizogcina zizimbe zodwa futhi zizokuthinta emuva, wazi ukuthi uzophenduka, yebo noma yebo.
Idolobha elincane eMaine ... (yiziphi izinkumbulo ezinhle angilethela zona uMaine, izwe lezipoki kusuka Stephen King), izingane zanyathela ngokumelene nobunzima bokukhula kobuntwana. Ukuhamba kwesikhathi nokubalekela phambili, njengababaleki baseSodoma, befuna kuphela ukuba yizithombe zikasawoti ngaphambi kokuthola ukunambitheka kwesikhathi esedlule.
UJim noBob bazama ukwenza izimpilo zabo, zisuke kulokho ababeyikho ngaphambili, beqiniseka ukuthi yize bengakwazi ukungcwaba okwedlule, bangasuka kukho kude. INew York njengedolobha elifanele ukuzikhohlwa.
Kepha uJim noBob kuzofanele babuye. Ziyizicupho zesikhathi esedlule, ezihlala zazi ukuthi zingakululama kanjani ngezizathu zazo ...
Amazwibela: Bahaqwe yingozi engajwayelekile lapho kushone khona ubaba wabo, uJim noBob babaleka edolobheni lakubo eMaine, bashiya udadewabo uSusan lapho, bayohlala eNew York lapho nje iminyaka ivumela. Kodwa ukulinganisela kwabo ngokomzwelo okuntekenteke kuyancipha lapho uSusan ebabiza ngokulangazelela usizo. Ngakho-ke, abafowethu bakaBurgess babuyela ezikhathini zobuntwana babo, futhi izingxabano ezazibumba futhi zasibekela ubudlelwano bomndeni, zathuliswa iminyaka, zivele ngendlela engalindelekile futhi ebuhlungu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Burgess Brothers, incwadi entsha ngo- Elizabeth strout, lapha: