Five Years Gone

by Marie Force Narrated by Andi Arndt

Overview

I knew on the day of the attack that our lives were changed forever. What I didn't know then was that I'd never see John again after he deployed. One day, he was living with me, sleeping next to me, making plans with me. The next, he was gone. That was five years ago. The world has moved on from that awful day, but I'm stuck in my own personal hell, waiting for a man who may be dead for all I know. At my sister's wedding, I meet Eric, the brother of the groom, and my heart comes alive once again. Then the world is riveted by the capture of the terrorist mastermind, brought down by U.S. Special Forces in a daring raid. Now I am trapped between hoping I'll hear from John and fearing what'll become of my new life with Eric if I do.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

09/03/2018
Force’s sobering standalone is a tribute to those who must wait behind as loved ones deploy in the military. Twenty-one-year-old college graduate Ava Lucas meets and falls in dizzying love with serviceman John West. They spend two blissful years together, cocooned in a world all their own. Remarkably—and implausibly—Ava has no idea John is vulnerable to deployment until the day he packs his “go bag,” kisses Ava goodbye, and heads overseas, cutting off all contact. She searches for him to no avail. Again, remarkably, Ava stays put for five years awaiting John’s return. Then she moves back to her family home in New York, begins a new life and new job, and finds new love. She’s happily engaged to marry a wonderful man, but the specter of what might have become of John still haunts her—and then he returns. Force’s treatment of grief in a state of limbo, not knowing closure, is what makes this otherwise unremarkable book worth reading. (Oct.)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177264073
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	918,415

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