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If Ever I Fall
A heart-rending story of family tragedy, perfect for fans of Amanda Prowse and Jojo Moyes.
Is holding on harder than letting go?
Dan’s life has fallen apart at the seams. He’s lost his house, his job is on the line, and now he’s going to lose his family too. All he’s ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair?
Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her.
Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn’t know who he is, how he got there, or why he finds himself on a deserted clifftop, but will piecing together the past leave him a broken man?
In the face of real tragedy, can these three people find a way to reconcile their past with a new future? And is love enough to carry them through?
Is holding on harder than letting go?
Dan’s life has fallen apart at the seams. He’s lost his house, his job is on the line, and now he’s going to lose his family too. All he’s ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair?
Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her.
Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn’t know who he is, how he got there, or why he finds himself on a deserted clifftop, but will piecing together the past leave him a broken man?
In the face of real tragedy, can these three people find a way to reconcile their past with a new future? And is love enough to carry them through?
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2016
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S.D. Robertson
8 books119 followersFormer journalist S.D. Robertson quit his role as a local newspaper editor to pursue a lifelong ambition of becoming a novelist.
An English graduate from the University of Manchester, he’s also worked as a holiday rep, door-to-door salesman, train cleaner, kitchen porter and mobile phone network engineer.
Stuart lives in a village in North West England with his wife and daughter. There’s also his cat, Bernard, who likes to distract him from writing – usually by breaking things.
An English graduate from the University of Manchester, he’s also worked as a holiday rep, door-to-door salesman, train cleaner, kitchen porter and mobile phone network engineer.
Stuart lives in a village in North West England with his wife and daughter. There’s also his cat, Bernard, who likes to distract him from writing – usually by breaking things.
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February 9, 2017
A wonderfully written heart rending story of relationships, loss, and a father and daughter. Not a jolly read but a super one. You want to keep reading, to know more, characters become important to you the reader.
I'm not a fan of different timelines but this worked for me and kept my concentration going with three different threads running through the book. At first this was confusing but did not spoil the enjoyment too much. I did not reach for tissues as has been suggested but I loved the depth of it.
This is a book I will give to friends for a present, most will relate to something in the book, it might even make them need the tissues.
I'm not a fan of different timelines but this worked for me and kept my concentration going with three different threads running through the book. At first this was confusing but did not spoil the enjoyment too much. I did not reach for tissues as has been suggested but I loved the depth of it.
This is a book I will give to friends for a present, most will relate to something in the book, it might even make them need the tissues.
November 15, 2020
I found this book difficult to get into. The snapshots as the story progresses through different characters seemed disjointed and even as the threads began to come together didn’t quite tally up. Maria’s grief is destabilising and irrational and the before story of Dan provides a backdrop to the action but the realisation he is Jack is unclear. Even at the end of the book when the reader has answers about their daughter Sam’s suicide it is hard to fathom how the ‘Jack’ element of the thread fits in with everything. I finished the story no clearer! It was readable but I think the concept of having a ‘dream state’ personified made it abstract and not quite the success it could have been.
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