A Note from An Old Acquaintance, Bill Walker – Review & Giveaway

He stared at the screen, his mind spinning.

“It couldn’t be…”

Joanna Richman.

Brian shook his head, his emotions warring. He remembered her, all right. Her and that night in the minutest detail, his nascent writer’s mind recording everything: the shadowy modernist interior club, the moment their eyes met falling madly in love with her in the span of a heartbeat, and the one other not-so-insignificant thing that hung over that night and its aftermath like a pall: she was engaged to another man. And as far as how he might feel, he wasn’t at all sure how he felt.

And the dream he’d just had…It was more than a little uncanny.

“Why now, Joanna? Why the hell now? – FROM THE BOOK BACK

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…How do I describe a book that touched me on different levels? How do I share a book without giving too much about the story? As I read I couldn’t help but wonder “what if that was me, would I have felt and acted the same in the various situations”? Walker had me sympathizing with Brian, Joanna, and Erik. I even felt sympathy towards Nick, Mosley, and Zach for their roles in the love triangle’s life. Each character had a part that made you think about their situation.

Joanna contacted Brian after the loss of his child and his wife is in her last bit of life on earth. I could feel his mixed emotions between his current life and his past. After a long 2 years of his wife in a coma with no hope for waking, his wife, Penny, passes away as if she knew it was time to go without worry (yes, I believe people sometimes hang onto “life” as if to wait for when a loved one is ready). As we prepare for Joanna and Brian to meet again, we’re brought back to the past when they first fall in love 15 years ago and we witness Brian make the choice between his love for her and those around him. You feel his guilt and pain as he “signs” his life away believing it was for the best for all involved.

Walker had me feeling mixed emotions about Erik, Joanna’s husband. I felt sorry for him, sorry that his wife did not love him as much as she loved Brian, sorry he could not seem to truly love those in his life. His past trust issues seem to keep him at a distance and not able to feel or give unconditional love to his wife and son. Erik physically had what Brian did not yet was not able to emotionally love them like he should have. When Erik just gives up in the end you’re left wondering if he even really loved her or just tired of fighting.

I felt Joanna’s passion for her art, Brian and her son. When she held her breathe, I held my breathe. When she felt giddy, I felt giddy. When she was lonely I felt her loneliness. And when she discovered why Brian left and got angry, I got angry.

I don’t think either Brian or Joanna could have helped how they felt for each other when they met, over the years, and even when they got reacquainted. Love can be a mysterious thing and while I know cheating is not good or ethical, can true love really forever hide from it? Even emotionally? Can we truly get rid of a past love, a love that had such impact on our lives?

Great thanks to Bill Walker for sending me his book to read after I mentioned I wanted to pick up a copy.

Mr. Walker was here at The Book Faery Reviews not too long ago, be sure to stop by his guest post as he shares a bit behind his story.

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