"At book group, K, you said you thought the cave scene in “Signature” was silly. Since you missed the discussion, I want to point out that that scene completed a relationship of three’s of which there are at least three in the novel—the three young women; Alma, her husband and the "caveman;" and the three scientists. It seems to take three people, a trinity of sorts, to complete relationships, at least for this main character. Both she and the “cave man” loved the same man, and the cave sex scene completed and fulfilled Alma. “Signature” is constructed along the lines of an old fashioned novel, very artfully patterned. “Mislaid,” on the other hand, seems purposely unstructured. "
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