Yes, like others I wondered at first when the story would take off, and then it did and I was hooked. Marina, emotionally stunted by her terrible mistake as a young doctor and also her cultural confusion has chosen a career that doesn't involve much social interaction and an older "father figure" partner. I've known people like that. The Bovinders just have a lot to learn. Freeloaders, because they can.
In a way, it's all about couples, relationships, even Dr Swenson still holding a torch for Dr Rapp. My questions are all about what happened next. I'm curious.
Did Easter make it back? What about Marina and Mr Fox? Can she settle in Minneapolis ever again or is she Swenson's natural successor...I sort of hope not, although the relationships she had in the jungle are so much more meaningful than her solitary life at home. Is she now purged of her guilt as a doctor? How do Marina and Anders continue in their working life after what happened? The only solid thing seems to me to be the Eckman family. There's so much in this novel.
Thank you Gransnet.