![]() ![]() There is electricity between the two, and after peeking at the delivery address for Carol’s purchased doll, Therese impulsively sends a Christmas card to Carol, thus starting their romantic relationship.Īt the time of publication, Highsmith writes in the afterward, no one wrote a gay or lesbian romance novel that had a happy ending. ![]() I’m not sure where the money comes from, but she seems to have it. This is Carol, a woman in her thirties, married but in the process of a divorce, who only works on a whim if something suits her. While working the the toy counter one afternoon, a stunning, elegant woman walks into the department store in search of a doll for her daughter. Richard is in school to be a painter, so you might expect two creative types to mesh well, but he’s known for a capricious nature, so Therese never expects much to result from his schooling. Really, Therese wants to work as a set designer in theater and seems lost about creating relationships with anyone. He keeps coming around, and she lets him come around, though she knows he’s having affairs. She has a boyfriend, Richard, with whom she has slept a few times, but she didn’t like it and has been distant from him. ![]() The story follows Therese, a nineteen-year old girl with a temporary job at a department store selling toys in the time leading up to Christmas. ![]()
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