Reading Room - The Choosing by Kate Maclean

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A day late I'm afraid, not because I didn't write my post yesterday, but because I did, kept it open as a work in progress ready to post before I went home, was distracted by something in the office and closed the window - and lj didn't save the draft (which was also my fault, because I posted a brief, more immediate question in between...) Halfway to the car park I thought Oh bugger..., didn't dare look until I'd finished Job 3 at home, but by that time I was too tired to try to recreate it. So sorry for the delay - now, second time lucky...

The minor characters in The Choosing by Kate Maclean, are Ann Holly and Marion (Freud or Docherty, we're not told which). Ann is in England for a holiday with a potential/new boyfriend, who she drops very quickly on running into Doyle, and Marion is the woman that Bodie chooses to replace Doyle as his own love interest. I like both these characters ("both confident, professional women..." as Bodie describes them), but I like them best for what they tell us about our Bodie and Doyle, rather than for themselves.

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