5/21/2023 0 Comments Enduring Love by Ian McEwanOn the other end of the line is Parry, who insists that he understands what he believes Joe to be feeling and that he loves Joe, too. Later that evening, after Joe and Clarissa have talked through the events of the day again and again, Joe is awakened by a phone call. Parry encourages Joe to pray, and when Joe responds that he holds no religious beliefs, Parry is increasingly insistent. In the moments after Logan’s fall, Joe and Parry share a few minutes together as they wait for the police to arrive. John Logan holds on to his rope when a burst of wind carries the balloon high into the air and, to the horror of everyone present, he falls a great distance to his death. Though the men do their best to provide assistance, taking hold of the ropes dangling from the balloon’s basket, their intervention ends in disaster. As Joe is racing toward the balloon in an attempt to help, he is joined by several other men, among them John Logan, a local doctor and former mountain-rescue worker, and Jed Parry, a young man who lives alone on the income from a large inheritance. His grandfather, James Gadd, is working feverishly to secure the basket to the ground. The child, Harry Gadd, is in the basket of a hot-air balloon, which the wind is threatening to carry away. Joe Rose and his wife, Clarissa Mellon, are picnicking in the English countryside when they hear the shouts of a child in distress.
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