![]() ![]() ![]() This backstory feels like it belongs in another novel, and not to the zany, funny Flood. ![]() But Semple also gave Flood a sad back story, illustrated, in part, by a brief graphic novel inserted into the center of the book. If Semple had filled her novel with similarly funny episodes, "Today Will Be Different" would have been an occasionally hilarious romp. Then she finds out her encounter with the poet led him to quit Costco. "Chalk one up for me, leaving the world a better place than I'd found it." … I did turn what might have been an awkward situation into a respect-filled exchange bobbing with wit and sophistication," she thinks to herself. This is what today was supposed to be about! I had been present. "Sometimes victory knocks on your window even though you never sent out an invitation. ![]()
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