She's secretly relieved that she's been interrupted and has a viable excuse for not writing. One viable excuse deals with giant boulders, one of the funniest episodes as the rocks multiply and increase in value. Each day she's a little more bothered by Joe. Each day the residents of Vrain become more friends than acquaintances. Each day life in New York looks a little more lonely, and life in Vrain looks a little more like home.
Dreams die hard, though, especially when lucrative modeling offers begin to arrive.
In Ms. St. George's skilled hands, Vrain becomes a real place. There are lots of secondary characters, but they are so unique that they never become blurry. Even they take on their own personality after a while. Wait until you meet the painter who won't deal with plaster 'boogers' flicked on the wall. I heard Margaret St. George, a.k.a.