The Tenderness of Wolves - persuade me to plod on

[AdamAnt]

I just haven't taken to it so far (I'm about 100 pages in). Is it worth persevering?

yes i was wondering who had bought the film rights. i could see jodie foster as mrs ross!

Its one of those books (more and more common I think) that seem to have been written almost with a view to the film rather than the book itself. All very filmy, especially the final scenes.

"Mrs Ross" ..... but we find out right at the end that actually her name is Lucy (if I remember correctly). Anyway, whatever he's been calling his dog. She says something like "you've said it often enough" after he asks her name.

Yep, it's Lucy.

oh i thought when she said 'you've said it enough' she was saying its MRS Ross as in ' back off i don't have the right to have a happy life i have to go back to the old tedium of life with MR Ross' - so she was giving him the bum's rush NOT that she is called Lucy

Hmm, maybe Ska ......

Have to confess I was completely in the dark about the whole name thing but one or two of the group came up with the name/dog theory and it seemed plausible.

i liked it... I saw i recommended on mn and would never have chosen it myself. But yes i agree that it seems to have been written ready for film

He specifically asked her first name and she responded, 'You've said it often enough.'

There was only one forename he called often, and that was his dog's. Lucie.

The sled dog Lucie also showed immediate affinity with Mrs Ross and at times, seemed to be a reflection of her own self, well, in a couple of scenes.

yes it could well be, i often miss stuff like this, so keen am i for a happy ending...