Ow-www, I liked Last to Vanish. Build-up of suspense and atmosphere, the dream of being a tourist or purposeful employee in a beautiful spot, it is a visual adventure-mystery. I like reading a passage twice, to adjust lens to imagine it.
Besides, a nugget, and I enjoy when a universal truth shows up, (sometimes an author is surprised what they wrote says something they didn’t see for someone), is, “… because, as I learned, Families made people nervous. The way they kept digging, beyond reason, even when there’s nothing left. Driven by something deeper.”
Paraphrase with MAKE people nervous, and KEEP digging, because that’s where I’m at, a plateau on life’s arc, solution-seeking to ensure meaningful measurable changes for better outcomes after foreseeable avoidable tragic consequences, looking back, drawing lessons, when regular people say not to waste time, it can’t help now.
To family it’s up-close and personal, others squint to try to imagine what took place, “But why do you need to know? Forget about it, it’s done.” Don’t you WANT to know and why provide leverage for this to keep happening? “Because it’s unlikely, sad, and nothing to do with me.” Families, that keep digging, make people feel … something, 🤔👍🙂