Talk about 'magical'. An absolutely unique story which just left me thinking and over-thinking every time I had to stop reading. [Yeah, I'm compelled to take breaks in between :P]. This story actually can make even a realistic reader believe that miracles can happen. As Cecelia says, that in her stories, the happy endings do not have to be about the heroine finding the 'perfect man' at the end of the day - it's about finding yourself through the path of self-discovery. In the starting, when Joyce loses her child, she finds her whole world to be crumbling around her. An acquaintance with an unknown man, which leaves her with a deja vu feeling, pulls her through. Little she knows that Justin has been thinking of that unknown yet familiar connection. Such an interesting story, packed with humorous lines, I must say that Cecelia has done it again. :)
How can you know someone you’ve never met?
Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn’t. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.
Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time.
When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of déjà vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why …
Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn’t. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.
Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time.
When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of déjà vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why …
But sadly, I cannot rate it more than 3.5 hearts due to some reasons.
The stories of Joyce and Justin are woven but not quite well in the beginning. I literally had to make an effort to keep reading it, the starting few chapters. It caught my interest after one-fourth of the story, when finally they crossed paths.
Other than that, it's just magical. No other word.
With a magical feeling of fairy-tale happiness,
Love,
Dawn <3
The stories of Joyce and Justin are woven but not quite well in the beginning. I literally had to make an effort to keep reading it, the starting few chapters. It caught my interest after one-fourth of the story, when finally they crossed paths.
Other than that, it's just magical. No other word.
With a magical feeling of fairy-tale happiness,
Love,
Dawn <3
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