Stewart O'Nan, Songs for the Missing

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"There was a lot about Kim and J.P. he didn't get.... he was confused by their lack of romance. As a father, he was at times grateful for that missing intensity, but as a man who liked to surprise his wife with flowers, it baffled him. Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them. He'd never seen Kim and J.P. kiss, let alone argue."

Stewart O'Nan, Songs for the Missing

"Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them."

Stewart O'Nan, Songs for the Missing

"She had a vision of the two of them trapped on a tiny raft surrounded by miles of open water. It would be a kind of test, like surviving on a desert island--but that's what a marriage was, wasn't it? They would have to help each other or die."

Stewart O'Nan, Songs for the Missing