I stumbled across the amazon Series (8 episodes-total) and struck gold.
It is the story of a woman who meets a man at a dinner with her husband, and suddenly develops an overwhelming infatuation with him.
And writes him letters. And letters. And letters.
And there is a book. Which is even better. It came out in the late 1990's, when I was perhaps not as sophisticated as I am now (ha), but wasn't on my radar at all. (Someone at work described the main character as a "whack job")
"Dear Dick,"
How can a woman subvert the romantic trope that has been owned by men for decades? Loving someone without their consent, persisting.
And sometimes not even involving the other person in the romance.
Except here, she makes SURE he gets the letters. She does it as a performance piece, a piece of art.
In the series, she even posts them around the town. (WOW)
The book keeps me interested to keep reading.
At one point in the series, he rejects her by saying, 'I do not find you interesting, at all"
Which would be the worst. It's one thing to reject the idea of an affair. But another to tell the person who finds you utterly fascinating-that you are bored.
It is the story of a woman who meets a man at a dinner with her husband, and suddenly develops an overwhelming infatuation with him.
And writes him letters. And letters. And letters.
And there is a book. Which is even better. It came out in the late 1990's, when I was perhaps not as sophisticated as I am now (ha), but wasn't on my radar at all. (Someone at work described the main character as a "whack job")
"Dear Dick,"
How can a woman subvert the romantic trope that has been owned by men for decades? Loving someone without their consent, persisting.
And sometimes not even involving the other person in the romance.
Except here, she makes SURE he gets the letters. She does it as a performance piece, a piece of art.
In the series, she even posts them around the town. (WOW)
The book keeps me interested to keep reading.
At one point in the series, he rejects her by saying, 'I do not find you interesting, at all"
Which would be the worst. It's one thing to reject the idea of an affair. But another to tell the person who finds you utterly fascinating-that you are bored.
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