"What do you know about Lady Brett Ashley, Jake?"
"Her name's Lady Ashley. Brett's her own name. She's a nice girl," I said. "She's getting a divorce and she's going to marry Mike Campbell. He's over in Scotland now. Why?" pg. 46
Who needs a soap opera when you can read this book? The mysterious, twisted relationship of a woman, the sensitive, whiny friend, and an adventure in Europe complete with potential for adrenaline-pumping bull fighting are all the ingredients that would make even All My Children, One Life to Live, and As the World Turns jealous. With Jacob (which I am SO team Jacob, beeteedubs) pursuing a forbidden love, as we now find from his terse conversation with Robert, it becomes clearer the complexity of his relationship with Brett/Lady Ga -- Ashley. Also, Brett's alias begs the question of exactly how she got such a name. I'm feeling something SCANDALOUS coming on. That or my allergies. Either way, we all know the plot is bound to thicken due to massive pubescent-like bouts of angsty infatuation...and of course, God's thickener, corn starch.
Bonus points if you know what lethologica is without looking it up. You lose if you don't.
I don't know! This makes me very sad. But I enjoyed your Lady Gaga reference immensely, and the Twilight reference was... smoothly executed.
ReplyDeleteI should probably say something related to The Sun Also Rises.
I'm also curious about the whole "Brett" thing. I'm wondering if it's just a rebellious thing. She seems the sort, and it IS the Roaring Twenties.