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2000s:Is this a great love story? Or a story about great love? You decide.
Together
What you need to know before your trail
On a morning that seems just like any other, Robbie wakes in his bed, his wife Emily asleep beside him, as always. He rises and dresses, makes his coffee, feeds his dogs, just as he usually would. But then he leaves Emily a letter and does something that will break her heart. As the years go back all the way to 1962, Robbie’s actions become clearer as we discover the story of a couple with a terrible secret – one they will do absolutely anything to protect. ‘
Travel Guide
Maine
The novel is set loosely in Maine but the real landscape is one of hope and love across the years. However the community where the couple now live is a quiet coastal one that you can find in Maine:
Marshall Lighthouse
Picturesque white lighthouse from 1858, with a keepers’ house & a summer-only museum & gift shop
Mosquito Island
Robbie sees this island from the bay and it’s one with a name which makes him think. He recognises the landmarks of where they are passing, the cluster of buildings around the general school, the white house owned by sumer people on the point.
Florida
Part two of the story takes place in Miami and Florida
Stiltsville
It’s something to see. A little Village of houses in the sea. Built by Shipwreckers, gamblers and rum-runners”
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Booktrailer Review
Susan @thebooktrailer
There is so little I can say in a review of this book that won’t give anything away. Suffice to say it’s both a love story and the story of a great love but one with many strands to it which thread through so many places and times and so many other people’s lives.
The opening chapter starts at the end of the story. What follows is like a song – different haunting melodies in various keys before all coming to a poignant end. If this book were a song, it would be melodic and haunting and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
It’s emotional that’s for sure. The way it’s written is particularly clever as it starts at the end and has pieces which don’t seem to fit – a bit like a jigsaw before you stand back and see the true and full picture at the end. It’s a book I’ll probably have to read again as the early clues and nuances are there but until they all fall into place, they don’t appear to be what they really are. Does this sound like a riddle? It’s a literary jigsaw of nuances, shades and hidden pictures which only reveal themselves when all the pieces fall into place. The final picture is one soaked in tears.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Together
Author/Guide: Julie Cohen Destination: Maine, Miami Departure Time: Various
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