Summary and Verdict Always you and me
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[{'start': '10.560', 'end': '18.000', 'text': "welcome to the deep dive great to be here so today\xa0\nwe're jumping into Danny Atkins Always You and Me"}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '23.760', 'text': "okay picture this lily she's you know getting\xa0\nready for her wedding to Adam everything seems"}, {'start': '23.760', 'end': '31.520', 'text': 'perfect the dream setup almost right and then bam\xa0\nher best friend Josh just vanishes no explanation'}, {'start': '31.520', 'end': '38.720', 'text': "wow it's just gone right before the wedding\xa0\nyeah like your main support just disappears it"}, {'start': '38.720', 'end': '43.600', 'text': "uh throws you right into the middle of something\xa0\nmessy from the start it really does and what's"}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '47.600', 'text': "interesting there I think isn't just that he\xa0\nvanished but what does that say about their"}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.400', 'text': 'friendship exactly that someone could just sever\xa0\nties so completely so suddenly makes you question'}, {'start': '52.400', 'end': '57.840', 'text': 'things from page one for sure so anyway Lily\xa0\nmoves on i mean what else can you do life goes'}, {'start': '57.840', 'end': '62.560', 'text': 'on she marries Adam they build this you know\xa0\nhappy life together seems fine seems settled'}, {'start': '62.560', 'end': '68.640', 'text': "but then things take a turn adam gets really\xa0\nsick ah the inevitable complication and it's"}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '75.360', 'text': "well it's quite emotional his dying wish his very\xa0\nlast request is for Lily to find Josh find him"}, {'start': '75.360', 'end': '81.680', 'text': 'after all this time find him and forgive forgive\xa0\nboth of them it sounds like forgive them okay'}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '86.960', 'text': "now that's intriguing forgive them for what right\xa0\nsuddenly everything you thought you understood is"}, {'start': '86.960', 'end': '91.600', 'text': "uh up in the air what needs forgiving it's\xa0\na powerful plot device isn't it that kind"}, {'start': '91.600', 'end': '97.360', 'text': 'of deathbed request definitely it forces the\xa0\ncharacter Lily in this case to dig up a past'}, {'start': '97.360', 'end': '101.440', 'text': "she probably thought was long buried yeah\xa0\nsuggests things weren't really resolved at"}, {'start': '101.440', 'end': '107.040', 'text': 'all and why forgiveness specifically what kind\xa0\nof like emotional baggage is hinted at there so'}, {'start': '107.040', 'end': '112.080', 'text': "now Lily's got this mission find the friend who\xa0\nghosted her years ago all because of this really"}, {'start': '112.080', 'end': '117.840', 'text': "poignant last wish it's quite a setup and then you\xa0\nwon't believe this bit a huge snowstorm hits while"}, {'start': '117.840', 'end': '123.440', 'text': "she's in Scotland looking for him oh of course\xa0\nperfect timing and it literally traps her with"}, {'start': '123.440', 'end': '131.360', 'text': 'Josh in some remote cabin no way talk about forced\xa0\nproximity seriously an intense reunion is putting'}, {'start': '131.360', 'end': '139.200', 'text': 'it mildly and that setting Scotland a snowstorm it\xa0\nfeels very deliberate symbolic maybe yeah like the'}, {'start': '139.200', 'end': '145.280', 'text': "weather mirroring all the emotional chaos exactly\xa0\ntrapped together nowhere to run from the past it's"}, {'start': '145.280', 'end': '149.840', 'text': 'like a pressure cooker for all those feelings\xa0\nthat have been uh pushed down for years totally'}, {'start': '149.840', 'end': '154.880', 'text': 'and you can almost feel that tension the weight of\xa0\neverything unsaid between them in that small space'}, {'start': '154.880', 'end': '162.960', 'text': 'atkins really makes them feel well human flawed\xa0\ncarrying stuff you get invested you know yeah'}, {'start': '162.960', 'end': '168.400', 'text': 'you want to see how they handle this incredibly\xa0\nawkward supercharged situation and it digs into'}, {'start': '168.400', 'end': '175.520', 'text': "those tricky lines doesn't it between like really\xa0\nde friendship and something else absolutely are"}, {'start': '175.520', 'end': '180.320', 'text': 'those lines ever really clearcut especially when\xa0\nlife throws curve balls what does loyalty even'}, {'start': '180.320', 'end': '186.480', 'text': "mean then right when old hurts meet new duties so\xa0\nthey're stuck in this cabin and that's when the"}, {'start': '186.480', 'end': '191.920', 'text': "other shoe drops the big reveal ah the shocking\xa0\ntruth yeah adam's request it wasn't just about"}, {'start': '191.920', 'end': '197.280', 'text': 'making peace between old friends there was more to\xa0\nit something bigger lily uncovers something that'}, {'start': '197.280', 'end': '205.040', 'text': 'just it completely reframes her marriage her past\xa0\nwith Josh everything wow it really pushes her to'}, {'start': '205.040', 'end': '211.040', 'text': 'look inward trust her gut feelings maybe things\xa0\nshe might have ignored that kind of twist changes'}, {'start': '211.040', 'end': '216.400', 'text': "the whole story doesn't it completely makes\xa0\nyou realize how well how little we sometimes"}, {'start': '216.400', 'end': '224.080', 'text': 'see that the biggest truths can be hidden right\xa0\nthere yeah forces Lily and you as the reader to'}, {'start': '224.080', 'end': '229.600', 'text': "rethink it all so this book Always You and Me\xa0\nit's clearly more than just a straightforward"}, {'start': '229.600', 'end': '235.360', 'text': "romance oh definitely it goes deep into love's\xa0\npower and in all kinds of love to like heal and"}, {'start': '235.360', 'end': '240.960', 'text': 'change us makes you ponder that whole fate versus\xa0\nchoice thing in relationships too and it asks that'}, {'start': '240.960', 'end': '247.440', 'text': 'big question can forgiveness even when things are\xa0\nreally messed up lead to real lasting happiness'}, {'start': '247.440', 'end': '251.520', 'text': 'it certainly leaves you thinking about you\xa0\nknow the unexpected ways life can twist and'}, {'start': '251.520', 'end': '257.840', 'text': "turn and the importance of facing your past really\xa0\nfacing it even when it's incredibly difficult yeah"}, {'start': '257.840', 'end': '262.160', 'text': 'definitely food for thought about well about the\xa0\ndetours in our own lives and maybe how forgiveness'}, {'start': '262.160', 'end': '266.480', 'text': "works or doesn't work a very compelling read\xa0\nit sounds like well that wraps up our deep"}, {'start': '266.480', 'end': '273.920', 'text': 'dive into always you and me a really emotional\xa0\njourney for the deep dive thanks for joining us'}]