The Accident Tourist

 Summary:

     Macon Leary and Sarah Leary are husband and wife. One day, they decided to divorce due to a quarrel. In the quarrel, they mention that their son, Ethan, is dead of a murder. Because of this plus Macon didn’t seem to be concern about it, this time Sarah made that decision. At first, Macon felt annoyed about it, and often missed her. For Macon lived of himself, his relatives, Rose, Charles and Porter came to his house for helping his daily routines. All of them have a common-they were all cold people like Macon. After a period of time, Macon had almost forgot her because of a vet, Muriel Pritchett. This began with Macon’s dog, Edward. Since Edward is ferocious and sometimes bite people for no reasons, Macon decided to hire a vet to translate it. At the start, it seemed very usual to Muriel to come to Macon’s house, but little by little, Macon is falling in. He started to enter Muriel’s life, and knew that she had been divorced once too and had a son called Alexander Pritchett. During this time, Macon walked out from the pain of a broken marriage and felt happy for living with them, and even promised that he would bring her to France if he is going to white the series of that. But Macon still hoped that Sarah would come back at heart. Meanwhile, Macon’s older sister, Rose, got married with Macon’s boss, Julian Edge, who was very concerned with her since he saw her at the first sight. In their wedding ceremony, the things got a material change- Sarah wanted to back to him. Macon of course said OK, and cut with Muriel at once on the surface. Yet, the plan can’t catch up with the change- Julian asked Macon to write the France series. And it never occurred to him that he would met Muriel at the airport. Macon asked why she’s here, she just said” we met on purpose”. During the term of trip, Muriel always wanted to be with but got rejected. On the last morning in France, Macon had a sudden serious back pain, and he called Sarah for help. Surprisingly, Sarah appeared on the next day. Sarah took care of him meticulously, and she also told him she saw his “friend”, Muriel. Macon explained immediately. But in the end, Macon thanked for the cure of his back pain, and head for Muriel.

   Reflection:

     I think that Macon isn’t a good man. Though his marriage was in danger, he didn’t show a good will to get her back, he just wait. And I hate Macon’s personality of irresolute and hesitant-didn’t he know he would hurt two of them? Also, his family members were very weird, too. They were same as Macon, cold and just follow the rules, expect his sister, Rose. I also think Sarah is a very good person. Who can forgive a man has another girl outside and let him to find her in the end! If I were her, I wouldn’t forgive him and order him not to find her strictly. Thus, I considered that Macon didn’t cherish such a good wife, but willing to be with a young girl- not also me but also his family member knows that Muriel doesn’t fit him. But obviously Macon didn’t know that. In my opinion, I have an idea that the ending is the worst part of the story. Expect my forward to the ending, how could the author write such a have-nothing-to-reply ending? I think she must don’t know that many plots of the story are so boring that really make me sleepy?? To sum up, I’m under the impression that it’s hard to finish the whole book without yawning.