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Jun. 15th, 2016 10:51 pmThere is an amazing diner on the Connecticut-NY border called Traveler Restaurant with shelves full of books, and every time you eat a meal there you are allowed to leave with THREE (three!!!) of the most interesting-looking books that you can find.
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genarti and I discovered this last time we were driving back from NY, at which point I acquired Jessamy Court, which promised to be the most 70's type of Gothic novel imaginable AND INDEED IT WAS.
Jessamy Court begins when Our Heroine Rachel gets a phone call from the hospital.
A KINDLY DOCTOR: Your friend Stephanie is comatose! ... from SHOCK!
RACHEL: What happened?
A KINDLY DOCTOR: Well, we assume something VERY SHOCKING! But we cannot cure her unless we know what. Anyway, since her famous estranged prima ballerina mother died last week and she has no other family or other friends, it is up to you to take responsibility for her --
RACHEL: You mean, by paying for her medical bills?
A KINDLY DOCTOR: No, of course not, we are not worried about bills here! I mean by taking her keys and breaking into her house to find out what might have shocked her into a coma.
RACHEL: ......
But Rachel obediently goes and rifles through all of Stephanie's stuff, and finds there a letter from Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's ex asking Stephanie to come visit Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's country mansion.
RACHEL: Hmmm, I wonder if this could have to do with whatever SHOCKING THING caused Stephanie's collapse!
RACHEL: ...well, I guess the only responsible choice left to me, as a concerned friend, is to impersonate Stephanie while she's in a coma and travel up there to find out what's what! This is definitely a normal friend thing to do and I'm sure I would disappoint that nice doctor if I didn't take advantage of this opportunity.
And off Rachel jets up to Jessamy Court, where of course she encounters two hot men:
FABIAN, Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's ex, a well-known ARCHITECT/MOUNTAIN CLIMBER/THEATRICAL SET DESIGNER with a SINISTER CHARM who can now no longer climb mountains due to a tragic leg injury which MIGHT have been Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's fault
DOMINICK, Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's SAD PIANIST, a charming blonde musician with a face like SUNLIGHT
( Spoilers are very seventies Gothic )
genarti and I discovered this last time we were driving back from NY, at which point I acquired Jessamy Court, which promised to be the most 70's type of Gothic novel imaginable AND INDEED IT WAS.Jessamy Court begins when Our Heroine Rachel gets a phone call from the hospital.
A KINDLY DOCTOR: Your friend Stephanie is comatose! ... from SHOCK!
RACHEL: What happened?
A KINDLY DOCTOR: Well, we assume something VERY SHOCKING! But we cannot cure her unless we know what. Anyway, since her famous estranged prima ballerina mother died last week and she has no other family or other friends, it is up to you to take responsibility for her --
RACHEL: You mean, by paying for her medical bills?
A KINDLY DOCTOR: No, of course not, we are not worried about bills here! I mean by taking her keys and breaking into her house to find out what might have shocked her into a coma.
RACHEL: ......
But Rachel obediently goes and rifles through all of Stephanie's stuff, and finds there a letter from Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's ex asking Stephanie to come visit Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's country mansion.
RACHEL: Hmmm, I wonder if this could have to do with whatever SHOCKING THING caused Stephanie's collapse!
RACHEL: ...well, I guess the only responsible choice left to me, as a concerned friend, is to impersonate Stephanie while she's in a coma and travel up there to find out what's what! This is definitely a normal friend thing to do and I'm sure I would disappoint that nice doctor if I didn't take advantage of this opportunity.
And off Rachel jets up to Jessamy Court, where of course she encounters two hot men:
FABIAN, Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's ex, a well-known ARCHITECT/MOUNTAIN CLIMBER/THEATRICAL SET DESIGNER with a SINISTER CHARM who can now no longer climb mountains due to a tragic leg injury which MIGHT have been Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's fault
DOMINICK, Stephanie's famous estranged prima ballerina mother's SAD PIANIST, a charming blonde musician with a face like SUNLIGHT
( Spoilers are very seventies Gothic )
