How did Beth and Frank’s marriage seem to you at the start of the novel? Once you read on, did your perception of their marriage change?
I thought they had a good marriage and Beth enjoyed being a farmer’s wife. Later as we learned how Bobby died the marriage was in trouble.
They had a good marriage given the truth about Bobby’s father, which Frank would have known. (Right?) The family of three enjoyed farm life. They seemed happy and contented. Bobby’s death changed Beth and Frank’s commitment to one another, especially when Gabriel reappears with his son.
I think it would be almost impossible for a reader’s perception to not change. However, once we learn “who’s your Daddy,” it is nearly impossible to sense different emotions bubbling beneath the surface.
Yes definitely, once I learned about Bobby’s death I could see that the happy farm family was not the same, later as pieces of the puzzle started to form and Gabriel shows up you can visibly start to feel the fractures in the marriage
It seemed like a good marriage in the beginning but once Gabriel showed up, seemed there were unresolved issues.
It certainly seemed in the beginning that they had a wonderful life. After Bobby’s death things changed and you could see the cracks forming. Gabriel returning was the nail in the coffin. I’m actually surprised that in the end they were able to resume their marriage.