Nothing Personal - 2009 - 6/10
Dutch girl sells off entire possessions on the street, pulls off wedding ring in empty flat.
Divorced? Widowed? Abandoned?
Next, she is hitchhiking across rainy Ireland.
Finds an isolated house near rugged coast and agrees to housekeeping duties for meals.
The owner is recently widowed. Both keep each other at arm’s length.
The actual story, slim as it is, watches the growing curiosity each has for the other.
Austere scenery. I did wonder how such a remote dwelling had electric power.
Also, the meals were pretty spectacular. Plus, the wine rack seemed bottomless.
Readers of memoirs by Niall Williams and Cristine Breen will identify much of the labors.
