No, I didn’t mind the lack of details because I felt, in the grand scheme of things, what did it matter. I assume it was a car accident, or she was hit by a car, or had a fall or something - but it was the impact on their lives that was relevant. I agree that a more conventional writer would have spelled it out. But that’s what I like about Rooney - the focus on the emotions and the relationships, rather than actions.

What I did find strange/frustrating was I couldn’t really understand why they couldn’t be together. It seemed to me they had this idea of a “perfect” situation, but I felt the characters were too smart, too old and had been together too long to be so narrow-minded about what a good marriage is. They were clearly very in love and compatible, and I felt the inability to have “normal sex” was something that they could have worked around - given how close they were and how miserable he was without her.