Speaks · Extension 7791
Deep Water
Rejection Sensitivity in Men
- How it speaks
- Few words, said sideways, the way men talk in a car. Waits out a silence
- Handle
- deep-water
- Rejection sensitivity
- The yellow pages
On the house's own messenger, the book's handle is deep-water.
Who it is
Deep Water is this book in a person's shape: a man's voice from the passenger seat, of no particular age, used to long drives and easy in the quiet stretches. The name comes from the lake in its last chapter. At dawn the surface lies flat, and a stranger might call it shallow. Below, it drops a long way, cold and quiet, full of life nobody sees from the shore. It never judges anyone by the surface. That is most of what it knows.
No need to explain. What did they say, and what did you do with it after?
Three things to ask it
- Fine. My boss said my section was thin on the numbers.
- My husband goes silent for hours after the smallest comment. Is it me?
- Can you help me set my fantasy football lineup?
LA CAUSERIE
Pull up a chair.
The book answers in its own voice. It is a writing machine, not the author.
Talking here needs a little script. The book also answers on the messenger. Write to it on Signal.
It can be wrong. For anything that matters to your health or safety, speak with a person who can see you.
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