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The Meadow: A Christmas Tale of Love
It's been three years since Nadia's husband Michael passed away from cancer. Not a second has gone by that she hasn't thought of him. When she wants some time alone, she goes to a hidden meadow to reflect in solitude. It is in her secret haven that she sees Michael. His spirit comes to her in her dreams, comforting her, persuading her to move on with her life without him. Can Nadia go on without Michael or will she try to pass through the veil that separates the temporal plane from the celestial one?
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First published December 1, 2012
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December 16, 2012
A tale that will clutch your heart, “The Meadow: A Christmas Tale of Love” by Jennifer Cooper has relevance and beauty to anyone who has lost a loved one. The realism in the characters emotions is palpable able to penetrate the reader’s senses and make them into people whom the reader can call a friend. Narrated in first person, Cooper is a masterful conduit for her characters who seem human-like going through a very human ordeal.
Nadia and Michael are happily married but when Michael succumbs to a brain tumor and departs from the mortal plane, Nadia is left alone floundering for a reason to go on without him. Cooper incorporates several touching moments between the couple in Nadia’s dreams as Michael comes to her in the meadow where Nadia goes to seek solace. Their discussions are pertinent to the reader maybe even relatable as Michael shares happy memories of their life together and a future Nadia is to have without him in it. At times, Cooper seems to be speaking to readers consoling them through Michael’s words as he consoles Nadia.
The story will leave the reader choked up, teary eyes and sensitive to those whose loved ones have gone into an ethereal world while they remain on the mortal plane. There are images of immortality on a spiritual level, a tool which Cooper uses for the characters to console each other. “The Meadow: A Christmas Tale of Love” will make readers cry and smile, but most of all, believe that death is merely a door and people on both sides of it can continue to communicate to one another as long as they choose to do so. Cooper’s story proposes a supposition to a traumatic experience that satisfies her audience.
Nadia and Michael are happily married but when Michael succumbs to a brain tumor and departs from the mortal plane, Nadia is left alone floundering for a reason to go on without him. Cooper incorporates several touching moments between the couple in Nadia’s dreams as Michael comes to her in the meadow where Nadia goes to seek solace. Their discussions are pertinent to the reader maybe even relatable as Michael shares happy memories of their life together and a future Nadia is to have without him in it. At times, Cooper seems to be speaking to readers consoling them through Michael’s words as he consoles Nadia.
The story will leave the reader choked up, teary eyes and sensitive to those whose loved ones have gone into an ethereal world while they remain on the mortal plane. There are images of immortality on a spiritual level, a tool which Cooper uses for the characters to console each other. “The Meadow: A Christmas Tale of Love” will make readers cry and smile, but most of all, believe that death is merely a door and people on both sides of it can continue to communicate to one another as long as they choose to do so. Cooper’s story proposes a supposition to a traumatic experience that satisfies her audience.
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