I'm not sure why you would do that, but I would advise against anyone reading that introduction before finishing the novel.I had also heard that this was very sad. He tells you what happens to the daughter and who the mother ends up with. I'm not sure what made me pick this up, other than the fact I had wanted to read something by Larry McMurtry and this was the one I saw that I knew best.I must say, I was a little disappointed that McMurtry himself spoiled the entire book in the introduction. Emma's portion of the book seems weak and it's inclusion, an afterthought. I don't really understand the need for separate "books" when Emma's story - her bad marriage to Flap, her pregnancy, her lifestyle and relationship with her mother - are all woven seamlessly into Aurora's story. 324 pages are dedicated to Aurora while Emma gets the last 47. But, true to McMurtry form, by the end Emma is a strong, defiant woman.My only disappointment about Terms of Endearment is the inclusion of Book II, Emma's story. She hasn't been educated and she has bad hair. The strength of their relationship and the depth of their love for one another isn't readily apparent until life gets complicated for Emma. Emma, her daughter, at first appears to be one of Aurora's victims - always manipulated and belittled. Her story takes up the first 324 pages and by the end of it you realize she is a woman of conviction who simply tells it like it is. Selfish and conniving, she bends situations to suite her ever-changing needs. At first she appears caustic and self-centered. She has five different "suitors" who tolerate her abrasive tongue and haughty manner and despite all that, continuously vie for her hand in marriage. Aurora is a Boston widow transplanted to Houston, Texas. It's the story of a mother and daughter and the relationships that orbit around them. By the end of the book I had completely changed my mind about everything and everyone.The premise for Terms of Endearment is really quite simple. I saw Aurora as nasty and Emma as just plain pathetic. I didn't think I would like a single character. I was shocked by the hatred these people carried around (see 'shocking quotes' below). In the beginning I saw Terms as a story about a bunch of miserable people.
Larry McMurtry has the ability to make you change your mind about the people you veral times over. Terms of Endearment is the kind of book that makes you feel things.
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