Thursday Thirteen: THE EXILE

I couldn't add to your excellent list. You hit right on the head as far as I am concerned.
You're mostly right, Karen.
Dumb ol' me, I still don't know what happened to Claire's shoon and don't even remember they were missing. (Same with the "girl in France".)
But what about the other 36 pages?
Your fan,
B Schumacher
Barbara:
About the shoes: Sorry, that may have been a bit too much of an inside joke. This has been a running joke on Compuserve for several years -- the question being, "What happened to the 20th century shoes Claire was wearing when she came through the stones?"
The answer is found in THE EXILE, in chapter 9. Look at the shoes Claire is wearing in chapter 1 when she first comes through the stones. Then look at chapter 9 again, paying close attention to the female characters' feet.
That's all I'm going to say, without giving it away. But I was VERY surprised! :-)
The nameless girl in France is mentioned by Jamie in ECHO, chapter 94, "Paths of Death", p. 774 in the hardcover. He's talking about the girl in the tavern in chapter 1 of THE EXILE.
Um, what other 36 pages??
Karen
There was one moment that I loved and thought was absolutely sweet, when Claire faints after their wedding and he sits by her side and tells her he loves her and always will. That kind of broke my heart which lead into Murtagh and the picture of Jamie's mother <3
Mariam - yes, I loved that scene! That was the part that made me cry.
Karen
The other 36 pages are the ones we all have gripes about (i.e., Jamie's face, Claire's hair and eyes, the cookie-cutter look of the men, the questions about Kenneth, and the boobs).
That said, however, I am among those who worship at Diana's altar. I have the whole Outlander series on unabridged talking books (takes about 6 months of commuting to get through all of it), and there's always something new that comes through.
Barbara
One of my favorites pictures is during the wedding when Claire and Jamie are gazing into each other eyes, and Jamie says, "Say the words after me, lass..."
It's such an intimate moment between the two of them, and I found it quite amazing that Hoang could show that kind of raw emotion between two people in a graphic novel.
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May 1, 1721 - Jamie is born (OUTLANDISH COMPANION)
May, 1744 - Fergus is branded by Jack Randall; Jamie duels with Randall, wounding him in the groin; Claire miscarries Faith and nearly dies from childbed fever (DRAGONFLY)
May 16, 1753 - Jamie arrives at Ardsmuir prison (VOYAGER)
May, 1757 - Geneva Dunsany blackmails Jamie into sleeping with her (VOYAGER)
May, 1758 - Lord John surprises Percy and Lieutenant Weber in a very compromising situation (BOTB)
May 15, 1770 - Jemmy is born (DRUMS)
May, 1771 - Roger is hanged and nearly dies (FIERY CROSS)
May, 1775 - Malva Christie falsely accuses Jamie of getting her pregnant (ABOSAA)
May 3, 1777 - Jamie dreams of Jem and Mandy in the broch (ECHO)
Mid-May, 1777 - Jamie, Claire, and young Ian encounter pirates on the high seas (ECHO)
May, 1778 - Lord John marries Claire to keep her from arrest as a spy; Jamie is presumed dead in a shipwreck; Lord John and Claire have sex (ECHO)
May 18, 1778 - Claire and Lord John attend the Mischianza (ECHO)
May 1, 1945 - Claire travels back in time to the 18th century (OUTLANDER)
May, 1948 - Newspaper accounts and Rev. Wakefield's journal document Claire's return from the 18th century (DRAGONFLY)
May 1, 1968 - Gillian Edgars (aka Geillis Duncan) kills her husband at Craigh na Dun and travels back in time to the 18th century (DRAGONFLY)
May 1, 1971 - Brianna goes back in time to the 18th century (DRUMS)
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