Chapters seven through nine see Too Far remain heavy. Robbie and Fristeen explore more of the woods, and come across the burned out remains of a cabin where they believe the Dream Man and Dawn live. The Dream Man being the entity that Robbie has ushering him into dreams, and Dawn being a spirit of every new day's joy that Fristeen first encounters in her dreams.
As they make further discoveries in the woods, though, both of their homes become increasingly frail. Fissures begin to open up between Robbie's parents. In the simplest terms, his dad dreams of seclusion in a hand-built cabin in the wilderness, while his mother misses the intelligent company she'd found in California. Living in Alaska begins to take its toll on them both, it seems, and, of course, this indirectly gets pushed onto Robbie.
Meanwhile, Fristeen's mother (?), Grace, falls in love again. However, as Fristeen points out, whenever she falls in love (which Fristeen believes she never truly does), she forgets about everyone but herself. This causes Fristeen to become deeply frustrated.
But all is well when the two go deep enough into the woods. It may well be a matter of time before they go so deep that there will be no coming back for either of them.
Good things can happen in Alaska in the summertime.
ReplyDeleteNot so in the spring.
And the most excellent are in the fall and winter.