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The book is Katie’s and Taylor’s love story. They dated in high school, but married others, and both are now widowed and live along. Their odyssey begins when, out of the blue, forty-something years since they last talked, Taylor calls Katie.
Since all of us grew up in families, I believe the story will resonate with those who identify with the characters that populate Katie’s and Taylor’s world, and will recognize the push and pull that the couple feels as they respect their commitments while they attempt to bring a new relationship into their already crowded lives. It is a story of individual choices in a changing world.
Jonell Kirby Cash’s Thoughts:
Readers from every stage of life will be satisfied to finally have a work of fiction that is entertaining as well as thought provoking. From the first pages we engage with Katie as she answers the phone and finds her high school sweetheart on the other end of the line.
Certainly love moves mountains to manifest itself in amazing ways. What is unique to this story is that the characters are reunited for a second chance at love very much like the author herself was in real life. Jonell brings her characters into a robust existence that is unique as well as introspective. Each chapter brings questions of personal growth, entertains the expectations of family members, and causes the reader to challenge their own life thoughtfully.
Within the pages of A RING A DANCE A SECOND CHANCE several story lines play out. Katie engages with other women her age, she nurtures relationships with her children and she falls in love. The opportunity to look at how adults interact with their grown children is rare because these conversations can be difficult ones. Most women worry what others will think and question how family members will react to their actions. At last grownups have a platform to discuss these hard and yet relevant issues amongst themselves and with the people that they love.
What would a great love story be without a happy ending? You won’t be disappointed, but as you close the final chapter you will be left thinking about the relationships in your life. Whether you have experienced a divorce, lost a loved one to age or illness or have been looking for love and missed out so far…be encouraged…life is full of second chances.
This book offers a realistic look at love later in life, a jumping off place for open and loving conversations and is simply stated and enjoyable read. You won’t be disappointed.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / GeneralBook Rating 3.88 with 24 rating and 18 book reviews. Sold over 750 books in a two year period, Amazon ranking 726,000, #1,655, and #1,156,689 in Kindle Book
Katie walked into the small room she used as a study. She stopped in her tracks. She looked again at the reading table—something was amiss.
"My ring is gone!" she cried. "Someone took my wedding band." Her heart felt like it would jump out of her chest as she grabbed
up papers and books from the table where she’d placed the ring in plain sight just a couple of months ago, the day she sketched the gold band and her bare finger as an entry for the journal she was keeping. Over time the worn-thin ring became a symbol of her marriage and a repository of memories of the years she and Dalton were a couple.
It’s a ring, not a shrine, Katie reminded herself as she searched among the papers and books scattered about the reading area. Still, she felt like she’d been kicked in her guts when she saw the ring was missing. Unwilling to give up, Katie dropped to her knees to crawl underneath the table to comb through the magazines and other overflow stuff that had landed there.
Katie was groping her way under the table, on hands and knees, when the phone startled her with a jarring ring. She 12
jerked back- ward, hitting her head on a table leg. Another harsh ring. She reached overhead to feel for the monstrosity of a phone she should have replaced long ago. She tried to pull the phone down. Instead,
it tumbled down barely missing her shoulder; the attached handset nicked her skull as it swung around in the fall. Then with a thump her journal landed on top of the mess. Almost like an afterthought, the clamor ended with the undeniable sound of clinking metal hit- ting a wooden floor.
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Already translated.
Translated by Rosa Feijoo
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Author review: Highly Professional and committed. She was an excellent translator and I highly recommend her work! |
