On the way to Penns Neck in Frank's air-conditioned Crown Victoria, the Markhams sit and glower as if they were in a funeral procession. Frank thinks privately that the Markhams have a simple case of the "realty dreads" (pg. 57). In Frank's mind, the realty dreads aren't caused by the home-buying experience - which he believes to be one of the most hopeful things a person can do - or by fear of losing money. In his opinion, the realty dreads are the result of the bitter realization that we're just like the next guy; our needs (clean water, good schools, quality of life) seem pedestrian when we realize that they are the same as everyone else's needs. To a couple like the Markhams, who have long seen themselves as unique, artsy, interesting.....
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