Maybe One Day
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4.4 • 105 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
*DEBBIE JOHNSON'S GORGEOUSLY ROMANTIC AND UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL, FOREVER YOURS, IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!*
'A laugh-cry book from first page to last' MILLY JOHNSON
'Simply brilliant' JANE LINFOOT
'Moving, beautiful and heart-wrenching' CATHY BRAMLEY
'Humour, tears and above all, hope. Bring tissues' CATHERINE ISAAC
What if you had the chance to find a lost love?
Jess still thinks about the man who disappeared from her life seventeen years ago, and the tragedy that tore them apart. So when she discovers a hidden box of letters in her mother's attic, Jess realises that the truth about why he walked away has been kept from her all this time.
Jess sets out to follow the faded postmarks across the country, determined that her journey will bring her closer to him. As each clue falls into place, Jess discovers new things about herself - and the man who once broke her heart. Maybe she can find him. Maybe their love story isn't over.
Maybe one day, they will be together again...
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Customer Reviews
Stick with it
It’s important to say from the start that I think that Debbie Johnson, without a doubt, is talented at writing wonderful prose but...
I found the first half of the book very depressing, not something I need during this latest coronavirus lockdown as the death toll passes 100,000. I did consider putting it to one side for now at least and read something lighter and more compelling but the plot did become more interesting as it went on. That’s what I mean by ‘stick with it’.
My main gripe, though, is the way it is written using unnecessary and distracting gimmicks, most particularly it being entirely in the present tense. For me, there are very few occasions when this gimmick can work. There was one chapter in particular where it seemed particularly ludicrous. It was looking back at events from decades earlier - written in the present tense. The following paragraphs, set in more recent years, were in the present tense and the next paragraphs in the relatively recent past were in the present tense. I tried but found the incongruity impossible to ignore. It spoiled it.
I would have given the book 2* if it wasn’t for the author’s way with words. I would read more by her but before buying I will certainly check to see which tense it is written in and avoid if necessary!
Fab book
1st time reading a book by Debbie Johnson and loved it whilst on hols - will be downloading all the others
Maybe one day
Absolutely hooked on this book from page one.
Storyline was brilliant and also the handling of mental health issues.
Yes, I also cried at the ends , their coming together but also because the book was finished!