On the Eighteenth of May

De: Jordan R. Samuel

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

On the evening of the eighteenth of May, a young woman walks alone into the small village of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, with the intention of staying for exactly one year. As she sets about to find lodging and work, she quickly meets two precocious children, a caring and generous business owner, and the neighboring town's Chief of Police. Family and loss make up many of their stories, and while these people and others attempt to get to know and help the stranger, the history and troubled memories of what led her to this place begin to gradually unfold. As the date of her planned departure approaches, the potential for love and a path to healing become clearer, but the chains of long-held regret and despair are strong. Eventually, all must decide how forcefully they are willing to hold on: to the past, to the pain, and to the person.

As the first book in The Broad River Trilogy, On the Eighteenth of May is a novel that examines the true test of strength in the deepest depths of sorrow. It is a story that reminds each of us of the overwhelming power of comforting influences in all our lives, and of the challenges that come even with comfort, as our human souls struggle, against all odds, to survive.

Lacking

The story took to long to progress. Wish the author had allowed a chapter to show how main character adjusted to her new life. The reading was not good. At times it was as a robot was reading the text.