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The Topsail Accord
Wealthy divorcee Dr. Shannon Patrick meets a local, Joe, while walking on North Topsail Beach. Shannon, a geologist, has recently discovered oil and natural gas in the Marcellus Shale under Ohio. While the newfound wealth has provided her undreamt of new opportunities, including her new beach house in North Carolina, Shannon is still trying to understand her divorce. She feels very alone, even though she has the love and support of her very close family.
Joe is a North Topsail local who has walked and run on North Topsail Beach nearly every morning for the past two decades, ever since the loss of his only child to Leukemia, and his wife's subsequent grief-propelled suicide.
Shannon and Joe meet and carefully work towards a relationship that they can define and survive. The rules they implement come to be known as "The Topsail Accord."
Follow along as Shannon discovers how, if at all, she can let someone love her again, and as Joe reawakens to the possibility that there is someone who he can love.
Set on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, in Playa Jaco, Costa Rica, and in Cleveland, Ohio, The Topsail Accord examines whether bounded lives defined by agreed upon intersections can be complete lives, or whether the rules they hope will protect them block perhaps their last chance at love.
Joe is a North Topsail local who has walked and run on North Topsail Beach nearly every morning for the past two decades, ever since the loss of his only child to Leukemia, and his wife's subsequent grief-propelled suicide.
Shannon and Joe meet and carefully work towards a relationship that they can define and survive. The rules they implement come to be known as "The Topsail Accord."
Follow along as Shannon discovers how, if at all, she can let someone love her again, and as Joe reawakens to the possibility that there is someone who he can love.
Set on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, in Playa Jaco, Costa Rica, and in Cleveland, Ohio, The Topsail Accord examines whether bounded lives defined by agreed upon intersections can be complete lives, or whether the rules they hope will protect them block perhaps their last chance at love.
- GenresRomance
371 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
J.T. Kalnay
14 books4 followersJT Kalnay is an attorney and an author. He has been an athlete, a soldier, a professor, a programmer, an Ironman, and mountain climber. JT now divides his time between being an attorney, being an author, and helping out with seven children.
JT was born and raised in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Growing up literally steps from the Bay of Quinte, water, ice, fishing, swimming, boating, and drowning were very early influences and appear frequently in his work.
Educated at the Royal Military College, the University of Ottawa, the University of Dayton and Case Western Reserve University, JT has spent countless hours studying a wide range of subjects including math, English, computer science, physics, and law. Many of his stories are set on college campuses.
JT is a rock climber and can often be found atop crags in West Virginia, California, Mexico, and Italy. Rock climbing appears frequently in his writing.
JT has witnessed firsthand many traumatic events including the World Trade Center Bombing, the Long Island Railroad Shooting, a bear attack, a plane crash, and numerous fatalities, in the mountains and elsewhere. Disasters, loss, and confronting personal fear are common themes in his writing.
While "boy meets girl" appears to be JT's dominant genre, readers will experience a variety of styles and themes in his simple yet complex writing.
JT has been writing novels for 25 years and has only recently began to release his work under his own name. See if you can recognize his work!
JT was born and raised in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Growing up literally steps from the Bay of Quinte, water, ice, fishing, swimming, boating, and drowning were very early influences and appear frequently in his work.
Educated at the Royal Military College, the University of Ottawa, the University of Dayton and Case Western Reserve University, JT has spent countless hours studying a wide range of subjects including math, English, computer science, physics, and law. Many of his stories are set on college campuses.
JT is a rock climber and can often be found atop crags in West Virginia, California, Mexico, and Italy. Rock climbing appears frequently in his writing.
JT has witnessed firsthand many traumatic events including the World Trade Center Bombing, the Long Island Railroad Shooting, a bear attack, a plane crash, and numerous fatalities, in the mountains and elsewhere. Disasters, loss, and confronting personal fear are common themes in his writing.
While "boy meets girl" appears to be JT's dominant genre, readers will experience a variety of styles and themes in his simple yet complex writing.
JT has been writing novels for 25 years and has only recently began to release his work under his own name. See if you can recognize his work!
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
August 11, 2012
I loved this book, loved the writing and loved the story. JT Kalnay has a style that reminds me of Hemmingway and is soothing and peaceful to read. As with Hemmingway the writing is clear and transparent, allowing you to focus on the story. And the story is very engaging, as you follow the relationship between a high strung, brilliant woman who could easily be misunderstood and hurt by the world, and a likeable man who respects her odd set of boundaries that form the Topsail Accord.
September 6, 2013
I liked this book and it kept drawing me back to it night after night to continue the story. I found myself looking forward to reading it.
I love the beach aspect, however the characters were so different than myself, I had difficult falling in love with them. I did find it unique in that the powerful unwilling to commit character was a woman and not the man.
Overall, I think the book was good.
I love the beach aspect, however the characters were so different than myself, I had difficult falling in love with them. I did find it unique in that the powerful unwilling to commit character was a woman and not the man.
Overall, I think the book was good.
January 1, 2013
This was a really strange love story, an arrangement between 2 people that seemed more like a corperate contract. Reads a lot like a Nicholas Sparkes book. ( Sparkes is even mentioned twice in the story) A little redundant in spots but a really good story. I thought the ending was rather sad, but all books do not need to have a happy ending.
February 15, 2016
Joe deserves better
The beginning of this started out well, but the constant theme of "having freedom to be alone" gets old. Shannon has her private place, but when Joe has a private event, she throws the whole relationship down the tubes.
Joe's the winner here, he can do better. I didn't even finish the book. When I don't like the main character, I'm done.
The beginning of this started out well, but the constant theme of "having freedom to be alone" gets old. Shannon has her private place, but when Joe has a private event, she throws the whole relationship down the tubes.
Joe's the winner here, he can do better. I didn't even finish the book. When I don't like the main character, I'm done.
June 24, 2013
I liked that this was set on Topsail, a place I know. The writing was good and the story has made me think all day long.
The book was not what I expected, which made it all the more enjoyable.
The ending was so sad, but the book was thought-provoking.
The book was not what I expected, which made it all the more enjoyable.
The ending was so sad, but the book was thought-provoking.
February 24, 2016
Coffee, running and love of the oceans
I know North Topsail Beach and immersed myself in this book from the very first page. Enjoy getting to know Shannon and Joe and their stories. Great read for anyone who wants to be entertained.
I know North Topsail Beach and immersed myself in this book from the very first page. Enjoy getting to know Shannon and Joe and their stories. Great read for anyone who wants to be entertained.
August 26, 2014
I enjoyed this book because I have lived near Topsail Beach and the word pictures drew me into the story.
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