The Black DressPru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had picnicking on the beach with small children, laughing together, nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no one to fill it. In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but it doesn't sound like the

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and he asks himself what responsibility he bears for the circumstances he found himself in

sets off on the high seas in search of adventure

unconventional life

her friend makes a momentous request

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and overwhelming generosity