gfi!!!!!! Oh honey, I looked for you awhile back and couldn't find you, but then saw that your divorce was BUSTED and I'm just grinning from ear to ear!!! I need to go read your posts, but let me respond first...
I had mixed feelings about the 'fund-raising', too. I've been to Bali as well, and although I thought it was an admirable thing to do in some ways, was also kind of offended by the way it was handled. A lot of Western paternalism came into play, and that did factor into my feelings about the end. It's kind of hard for me to articulate why without totally ruining the book for anyone else, so...I'll just shut up now.
It's so funny how many people hate my username. The reason I've kept it is that it's actually a line to a song that first gave me hope when my X left, and to me symbolizes letting go, losing the person that I was. It's like a loss of my ego...which I guess actually pertains to the book as well. Huh.
13 is still my lucky number baby, no one can take that away!!
It is in the shelter of each other that people live.--Irish proverb
