Gabo’s women
Ever wonder what makes Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s love stories so compelling? It’s the women. They are powerful-sometimes ornery, sometimes sweet, practical at times but infatuated to the point of madness at others, always strong and enduring, even in death.
The heroine of Spy, Interrupted: The Waiting Wife shares some of those traits. Granted, she is more cautious and even-keeled, but these traits seem to desert her when she meets Stephen Edward James. Like Gabo’s heroines, once she falls in love, she follows her heart through some pretty trying times. That’s not an easy feat, given her lover’s volatile temperament and general moodiness. She argues with him, fights with him, throws tantrums and even threatens to walk away, but through it all, he and she both know that they have an undying affection and respect for each other. By the end of the novel, she helps Stephen emerge from his emotional wasteland and turn into an almost likable human being.
I wonder if they will be able to keep it going?
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.” — Love in the Time of Cholera
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