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A 𝗚𝗔𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 & 𝗗𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘, A 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗦 NOVEL THAT REMINDS US OF THE SWEETNESS & 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 & THE 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 TO DEFY TIME.
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“𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 & 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 & 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵. . . . 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩.”
SUMMARY: This is a story about 𝟮 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 looking back over the 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 they 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 & the choices that were 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, time falls away. While their relationship was brief, it had a 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 on them both; & now that they are 𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱, they have no intention of ever being separated again.
When Daphne & her husband visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. The man turns out to be Eddie, her 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, who had been married to her mother for a little more than a 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 when Daphne was 𝟵. Now she is 𝟱𝟯.
She hasn’t seen Eddie for many years. Not since the 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 that changed the direction of both their lives, when it was discovered that he had a 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 with his married college boyfirend. Later in life, Eddie is surrounded by an integrated, chosen family that includes Skip & Skip's wife, Polly.
This is a story about 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆, the often small yet consequential moments that 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 & the endless 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆, it is ultimately about how 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 & how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.
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"𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 & 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟."
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