Clara
I’ve seen the miniseries more times than I can count. Finally reading the book. I just read chapter 75 where we finally meet Clara. I found it to be probably the most beautifully written chapter in the book so far. Not that it portrayed anything beautiful, but he wrote about hardships in such a profound way. I think this is also, for me, probably the first time I noticed a real major difference between the series and the book. The series kind of depicts Clara and Bob as successful horse traders who, other than Bob’s injury and the deaths of their sons which is glossed over, have been immune from hardships. The birth of Ellie’s son provides a wonderful contrast to the hardships she and Bob have faced in their life in Nebraska. McMurtry’s writing and story telling in that chapter is top notch