This is a love story about love stories. And, as important, a story about why fate will sometimes feel like luck.
"They swirl around each other, like they're being pulled into orbit."
Robyn always thought that she and her destiny were inseparable facts. That true love was waiting around the corner, if only she kept looking.
"She saw signs everywhere and thought of the whole cosmos like an ocean. It was looking to wash beautiful things up on shore, like seashells. All she had to do was pick them up."
But when celebrated author Gatory Penn comes to town with a novel contradicting everything in her world, Robyn discovers that believing in love will mean confronting an old man's broken heart.
Written to be read in one sitting, this heartfelt novella will stick with you long after you finish reading.
Dalton’s newest work evokes Classic American Literature a la Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The beautiful New England world he creates in just a few pages will captivate you and draw you in. Even more captivating, the magical optimism and sincerity of the main character. An unjaded, unhurt look at falling in love and the magic that love can create.
This is a story about a girl, ever-focused on the timeless and beautiful love story of her parents, searching to find her own. And it’s a story about those who have had their hearts broken and don’t know how to mend them again. And it’s a story for all of those readers, too—the ones who are searching for love, the ones who have been hurt by love, and the ones that don’t quite know what love looks like yet. Dalton, in his poetic and lyrical (while at the same time real and present) prose, shares the story of Robyn and those who have touched her life and who have been touched by her. This short, sweet novella is not one to be missed. And it’s one that will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading it’s pages.
This novella. It's WONDERFUL! I really find that some stories just find you when you need them most and I couldn't put this one down! I think what I liked the most about it was the anticipation of the main characters meeting and the hope of finding love. I think the character of Robyn is incredibly relatable and you can't wait for her to meet that charming boy. It's so good when they finally meet!
It evokes an almost Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" feel, in a modern age, and when I reached the end, I was a little bummed. I just wanted to spend more time in Dalton's textured world!
Read this! You won't be disappointed! Maybe we will get more with these characters??
