Starts with girl escaping her captor. Then a pathologist examines a mysterious body found floating in the bay--drowned or murdered. "Saved" girl appears on TV show. Happy ending, but . . . the abductor took another girl as well, and that girl was never found. Flashback to high school. Nicole--the girl not found--is on the wild side. The "found" girl is more conventional. Twists. 1) the pathologist, Olivia, is the sister of the girl (Nicole) not found. 2) the dead "floater" is a drifter who had been dating Nicole. Pretty good so far, though there's a Chick Lit side that I could do without.
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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