Every Friday, a postcard.
Every Friday, a love poem.
Every Friday for sixty years.
Adam Colby is just doing his job, sorting through the unsold Alexander belongings after the estate sale. He is unprepared for what he finds in an old photo album, overlooked by the bargain hounds and treasure hunters—six decades of postcards and poems from Gabe Alexander to his wife, Pearl. The mystery of the Alexanders’ love entices Adam, a man unhinged by divorce and puzzled by the depth of commitment that he finds in the unabashedly romantic cards.
Forever Friday invites you to travel back in time to the early twentieth century Texas Coastal Bend where a young couple—Gabe and Pearl Alexander—are swept up in a miraculous love. As the heartwarming, pulse-quickening story of their relationship develops through Gabe’s poems, the Alexanders reveal a new way to consider what it means to be truly devoted to each other. Could the secrets of their love affair, laid to rest twenty years ago, hold the key to one man’s future?
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TIMOTHY LEWIS is an author and playwright. He has authored more than twenty plays/musicals. In addition, he teaches a beginning novel writing class at West Texas A&M University and co-directs a summer writing academy. Timothy is also a professional speaker, cowboy poet, actor, and songwriter. He drew inspiration for Forever Friday from the postcards sent between his great-aunt and great-uncle over a period of sixty years. He lives with his wife near Amarillo, Texas.
My Impressions:
Forever Friday, Timothy Lewis’ debut fiction, is a romance reminiscent of Nicholas Sparks and Dan Walsh. An original premise and beautiful writing bring this story of lasting love and hope to life. If you like romance, you will love Forever Friday.
Adam Colby has just about given up on love. Divorced and lonely, Adam happens upon postcards spanning 60 years that Gabe Alexander sent his wife Huck. Intrigued by the poetry written on the postcards, Adam is determined to find out the story of the Alexander’s marriage and the secret to their lasting romance. And what a story he finds. Gabe and Huck are soul mates and their life together, while not without hardship, is the stuff of fairy tales. It is their devotion to each other and their determination to put each other first, that gives Adam hope again that love is real.
Forever Friday is inspired by the author’s great-uncle and aunt. Knowing this made the story seem even more special. The characters are special too. Written with care, they become very real to the reader. Huck and Gabe’s story is written in a style that mimics the decades they lived in — from the roaring twenties, through the depression, all the way to the post WWII years and beyond. In between their narrative is the first person voice of Adam, a voice that searches and questions, all the while hoping against hope that true love could actually be his.
Gabe and Huck’s story is entertaining and instructive. I especially was touched by their commitment to selflessness and their determination not to fall prey to The Long Division, the circumstances of life that tend to separate married couples. Forever Friday is a great illustration of becoming one flesh. A great first novel, I look forward to more fiction offerings from Timothy Lewis.
Recommended.
Great For Book Clubs.
(Thanks to Waterbrook Press for a copy of this book for review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)
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I don’t read Christian romances very often, but your post convinced me to give this one a try. Thanks!
I think you will like it. Thanks for stopping by!