The POV is a romantic couple, which shows that you can not experience something and still have a fondness, a near-nostalgia (nearstalgia?) for it. Reading about Tom and Anna and their taken-as-a-given sort of relationship, one that is never in peril, is heartening. I cannot imagine being happily coupled off in my twenties. I cannot imagine tackling the challenges of youth in a world-market city as a team.
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