The Consequences of Longing [NOOK Book]

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The modest and mostly happy marriage of Clifford and Jenny Nelson unravels when he develops heart trouble, undergoes bypass surgery and loses his job as a commuter airline pilot. His sudden obsession with the first girl he ever loved forces Clifford and Jenny to face secrets they had spent their lives avoiding.
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The Consequences of Longing

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Overview

The modest and mostly happy marriage of Clifford and Jenny Nelson unravels when he develops heart trouble, undergoes bypass surgery and loses his job as a commuter airline pilot. His sudden obsession with the first girl he ever loved forces Clifford and Jenny to face secrets they had spent their lives avoiding.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940045109888
  • Publisher: Peter Boody
  • Publication date: 11/21/2012
  • Sold by: Smashwords
  • Format: eBook
  • File size: 747 KB

Meet the Author

Peter Boody has been a newspaper editor working on eastern Long Island since the 1970s. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY with his wife Barbara. He previously published "The Consequences of Longing," a novel about the mysteries of marriage and midlife, at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT, which offers the book through Barnes & Noble.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 7, 2012

    The cozy, comfortable and modest little life of a happy couple,

    The cozy, comfortable and modest little life of a happy couple, Jenny and Clifford Nelson, unravels when Clifford, a 40-something commuter airline pilot, develops heart trouble and loses his job. Something about the harrowing surgery he endures, and his newly acute awareness of mortality, turns the memory of an old girlfriend — the first girl he ever loved — into an obsession: he must find out what became of her. When he finds out, the news appalls him but does not end his craving for one more moment in her arms.
    Told both from Jenny's point of view and Clifford's, "The Consequences of Longing" is about the mysteries and clouds that cloak our lives and loves. It is a masterfully written and constructed novel with a male protagonist who is reminiscent, at times, of Holden Caulfield and Rabbit Angstrom. Jenny, a woman with memories she works to hide, is the stronger figure — and yet somehow she is the most frail and vulnerable. This is an unusual midlife story with which both men and women can connect.

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