![]() ![]() The motif of alcohol connotes different meanings at different times, but it is used as a way to signal Don's relationship to control and spontaneity. Don and Rosie, whilst searching for her father's identity, take on "undercover" bartending duties and Don is so successful at this that he is actually offered a partnership in a new cocktail bar that is opening up. ![]() Alcohol is also the thread that initially binds Don and Rosie together she works in a bar and is impressed by his knowledge and collection of wine. ![]() From the start of his Wife Project, Don requires that his ideal partner be a non-drinker, but on realizing that he himself fell far from this category, he alters the "correct" desired answer on his questionnaire to "light social drinking." He spends a great deal of time telling the reader about his alcohol consumption and actually wonders for a time if he suffers from an addiction to alcohol. The subject of alcohol, particularly the over-consumption of alcohol, is a motif that runs throughout the book. ![]()
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