Dear Nan:

I didn’t read the book, only watched the movie, so I am going only by the movie.

I don’t know if she had a more sophisticated life in Italy. She said she lived in Naples and I was never there but I did spend some time in Bari where she was born. There is a big train station there. stepping out of the train, I was surrounded by a group of young Italian men, following me simply because i was a foreigner, and from the U.S. They seemed desperate to get out of Bari.

I don’t even know if it was sophistication that she was missing. I saw no evidence at all that it was sophistication that she was missing. She had dreams when she lived in Italy, when she was a girl and those dreams did not materialize. But I don’t know what those dreams were.

When Robert came along, I don’t think that his message was that if she goes with him, then she will experience the life and love she was seeking. I think that the exciting things already happened in those 4 days. It was about continuing with day 5, 6… and on.

Remember when he asked her about her husband and she said that he was clean: that is the first thing that came to her mind to describe her husband. What do you think it meant?

And as what happened in those 4 days, this is what I want to talk with you about further!

anita