Ray and Donna's Books

[Jimmy Todd]

This is going to seem really minor,but do you think Ray ever read, or tried to read, the books Donna wrote? He was very threatened by her success, so I would he didn't read them. If he tried, I would think he woukd be frustrated because they were over his head, or he found them boring.
My point is I think it would have been interesting for him to have a scene in which he tries to read one and to see his reaction. It could have even been a source of resentment for Donna if Ray showwsno interest in her books.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I would imagine he didn’t ever try to read one of her books. The subject matter would easily bore him and considering how he felt about her success I can’t seem him putting much effort past reading page one.

In a perfect world he would’ve started reading one of them one Dallas night and realized what a jerk he had been and start showing the woman he loved some support. There were a lot of things I actually admired about Ray but he really could be his own worst enemy sometimes where Donna was concerned. It would’ve been ironic if the book was actually dedicated to him and his face went into shock.

 

[Seaviewer]

My guess is that he would have started on one but couldn't get through it. Politics just didn't interest him, and maybe he wouldn't really have wanted to know too much about Donna's first husband anyway.

 

[Toni]

Maybe Ray (or Donna) were fans of "Catcher in the RYE"... Jenna even mentioned it in the Dream Season... foreshadowing (for catching Ray...)?

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

A voracious reader, Ray generally preferred fiction, with a particular passion for 19th century French literature (striking up a Flaubert-heavy off-screen friendship with SMU professor Greg Forrester not long after their inauspicious first encounter at the Sundowner Motel in the wake of JR’s shooting) and pulpy cowboy novels from the 30s.

Though he did occasionally delve into the nonfiction world (the 1977 Scotty Demerast autobiography “I Deal In Acquittals” was a particular favorite), contemporary political biographies were just not his thing and he’d likely have steered clear of Donna’s works even if he hadn’t known her at all.

 

[Snowcat]

I would have loved for Donna to have written an autobiography. Then Ray realize what an insecure jerk he had been. He may try to apologize to Donna. But really make an effort to connect with his daughter