Robert P. Edmunds

Born: June 9th, 1930 in Halifax VA

Joined army in 1951 (Korean War)

Member of American Legion

Came to Alb in 1950's

Self employed trucker

Stroke in the 70's

Reaction to Chapters 1-9

I think the story kinda started off weird for me, but not in a bad way. Not like anything i expected, and I'm happy Ive chosen it. It started off using a great amount of detail which I like because it give you a good imagination. I'm growing to Rosemary, she's nice and everything but I feel like shes just young and naive, she doesn't really know what love it yet. As for Dick, I think he likes Rosemary but doesn't wanna jeopardize his marriage, since in France and in his community, he's looked up to be highly respected and well groomed, he doesn't wanna commit any crime such as adultery because if it had ever gotten out, his rep would be ruined. The person that I find the most annoying but funny also, is Mrs. McKisco, the book describes her as this out and obnoxious person, and sometimes I enjoy reading about her because everyone else comes across as up tight. I'm interested to see where this goes between Rosemary and Diver, and if Rosemary will ever return to America? .. .

Chapter 9

Rosemary continues to think about Dick, and cannot sleep. She eventually goes off and walks. She sees Campion, and he tries to explain what Violet had seen earlier but Barban had kept interrupting her. He tell her about a duel but a little ways into the story Abe comes, interrupts him and finishes his story for him. Explaining to her that Barban had enough and finally yelled for Mrs. McKisco to shut up, thus leading Mr. McKisco to request him to a duel. Barban without a thought accepts and finds someone to be his partner, and Mr. McKisco asks Abe to be his, and the duel is scheduled for the following day.

Chapter 8

Dick breaks up the argument between Barban and the McKiscos, and starts to get into a ignorant babble with Mrs. McKisco, but soon stops himself. Dick calls for a volunteer to carry a lamp through a dark room, Rosemary accepts thinking this would be her time with Dick. Once Dick takes Rosemary away, Dick compliments Rosemary's mother, and tells Rosemary that he told her mother of a plan. The plan is to take her (Rosemary) with him (Dick) to Paris to say farewell to Abe North. Even though Rosemary's mother does not want to go, she wants Rosemary to go alone. They continue to talk, and once again Rosemary confesses her love to him and he takes it as a joke telling her she doesn't know what she wants.

Chapter 6

Much like the first chapter, the first few pages start out in great detail. The story is now focused on Nicole and Dick. Nicole is outside walking through the garden and admiring the plant-less grass. She spots her husband, but quickly avoids him as he walks into the house. When he comes out he spots her and tells her about the guest he has inviting to the party they are going to have. He states that his intentions are to "..give a really bad party.." He says he wants to "..give a party where there's a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt.." A sort while after more guest arrived, including the McKiscos. Rosemary eventually started talking to Barban, they talked about how he was ready to go to war, and how he didn't care what he was fighting for as long as he was "treated well". During their talk, Barban emphasized how he was fond of Nicole, more than once, which put Rosemary in a awkward position. Towards the end of the chapter, Dick and Rosemary talk briefly, during this time she tells him that she fell in love with him at first sight but he seems to disregard the statement, acting like he hadn't heard what she said. The chapter ends with Rosemary at the dinner table sitting next to Brady, she tries to confide in him but realizes by the look in his eyes that he doesn't wanna do anything of the sort.

Chapter 5

Continued from a previous chapter, when Rosemary's mother insisted she visit some man on her own, she finally does. She visits Earl Brady who was an American filmmaker settled in Monte Carlo. During there talk they agree with each other that they should make a movie together. Rosemary realizes that Brady is looking her over, clearly checking her out. She is somewhat turned on by the gesture and considers getting with him to only realize that he is unlike Dick. In the end she talks herself out of it.

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I think in this chapter with the situation dealing with Brady, Rosemary is urning for male compassion. She says in the book a few times that her mother always helps her out and sometimes guides her through her issues. I think her mothers tight affection has had her miss out on a lot of commitment with the opposite sex, so when she realizes that Brady is checking her out, it gives her a feeling of anxiousness, but she suddenly realizes her love for Dick is to strong.

Chapter 4

In this chapter, Rosemary is confronted by Dick at the beach to hanging out with him and his friends, including Mrs. McKisco, Diver, and Abe North. Rosemary finally meets the man she fell in love with (Dick) wife, Nicole. She soon realizes that by the way Nicole is speaking that she one to not be on bad terms with, even though she claims she does like her. Nicole and the group started to make fun of the people around them. Eventually Rosemary takes a second to describe what she thinks the men are like.

• "Barban was less civilized, more skeptical and scoffing, his manners were formal, even perfunctory."
• "Abe North had, under his shyness, a desperate humor that amused but puzzled me."

But when it came to Dick, she described him in a complete physical description, admiring his every will. Later that night Rosemary cried to her mother about how she was "desperately in love with him."

Chapter 3

I actually just continued reading from Chapter 2 because i was wondering what was going to happen with Rosemary and Dick (the man who had waken her up on the beach). Rosemary and her mother end up traveling to Cannes to eat out at this well decorated restaurant. The narrator explains how the natives weren't as welcoming as they could have been. A lot of them had given them the cold shoulder and dirty looks. Rosemary tells her mother that she thinks she has fallen in love with Dick. I got a little confused towards the end when her mother told her she had to go visit someone the following day, i remember Rosemary demanding her mother to go with her but the mother continued to decline her request. I'm probably going to end up reading that part over just to make sure that I'm not missing out on any key points!

Chapter 2

So, I'm getting more into the book, it still hasn't bored me yet so that's a good sign. Even though it's the beginning i feel like Ill be able to read it without getting annoyed or bored with it. I realized today it was a love story, which i have nothing against but have never really read by choice before. In this chapter we learn a little more about the people on the beach that Rosemary has met. For quite a bit of it Mrs. McKisco jokes around with her about a "plot" which ends up getting her high intelligent husband irritated. Rosemary eventually falls asleep on the beach to avoid talking to anyone else, which is similar to her actions in the first chapter were she seemed to try to distance herself from everyone. She wakes up to the voice of a man who was celebrating his departure. For a moment they look into each others eyes, which could be a foreshadow of romance later on.

Chapter 1

Okay, so chapter one doesn't actually seem that bad. This book isn't like anything Ive actually read, but oddly its interesting enough for me to keep reading. I haven't wanted to put it down yet. I can't really explain what happens in the first chapter in words that would make a lot of sense but for the most part the scene is set in a French Rivera, and the story is following a female named Rosemary, who seems to maybe be critical on herself, or somewhat hiding from something. The book goes into great detail about the characteristics of the people on the beach where Mary is and explains the structure of the book. At the end of the Chapter it seems as if someone noticed Rosemary and when she went over to them they asked her why she wasn't back in America; mentioning something about movies also, which is making me think she is either an actress or a film director.