![]() ![]() While Elizabeth scorns George as hopelessly naive and condescendingly dismisses his “pointless endeavor,” Sam sees the value in his ideas and soon begins to attend the discussion group he’s organized. Andrew’s father, George, has an idea for a book called “The Hollow Tree,” one that would explore “the plight of the common man,” “the dark side of the gig economy,” the oppressive cost of college, the brokenness of our healthcare system, and all the other things Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders lament. ![]() ![]() Money and its corrosive effects, debt and its crushing burden, poverty and its quiet desperation - all are big themes here. ![]() Not long thereafter, believing they had a nest egg, Andrew gave up a solid, steady, well-paying job to launch a new career as an inventor, and Elizabeth’s contempt for his idea of a “solar-powered grill” burrows its way into every aspect of their relationship. A few years earlier, Elizabeth drained their savings account to loan money to Charlotte, not out of sisterly love or generosity but because she wanted to prevent Charlotte from approaching their father for funds. Elizabeth loathes Clive and schemes to detach Sam from him.Įlizabeth and Andrew, meanwhile, haven’t had sex since Gil’s birth, and a secret festers between them. Sam is semi-engaged to Clive, a British tour guide a dozen years her senior, and isn’t sure how settling down with him will square with her educational and professional ambitions. Both women are in vexed romantic relationships. ![]()
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