Monday, August 19, 2013

Postcard Poems



Forever Friday by Timothy Lewis

The concept of a a love poem on a postcard from a man delivered every Friday to his wife for sixty years sounds so incredibly romantic, you want to know more. I loved the idea of a realtor finding the album of postcards tucked among the other books forgotten, unclaimed. The story flips back and forth between the couple, Gabe and Huck Alexander, and Adam Colby, the realtor. Pearl Garnet Huckabee, nicknamed Huck was a impulsive woman with unconventional actions. The realtor recently divorced himself, set out on a quest to discover the formula for the couple’s long romance and marriage. With much effort, he traced down the last person with any knowledge of the couple and the puzzle of the postcards.

The author has a very detailed way of writing. Sometimes it seemed laborious and I had to take a break. The aging Huck loses touch with reality. Forgetting that her husband is dead, she drives the nurses crazy by calling 911. All in all it was a good read, funny at times, heartbreaking other times.

This book was given to me by Waterbrook Multnomah publishing for my review.

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