Reviews For Long Road Back
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Reviewer: Marzee Doats Signed [Report This]
Date: 12 Mar 2014 12:54:23 AM Title: Part 2

Penny,

 

Okay, so I really enjoyed this.  Plus, it got me thinking too.  The few years from now Christmas at the Richmond Ranch was fun, but the parts that really got me were Stanley's and Mimi's first Christmas -- the tension in the house, their steadiness as a couple, even her memory of the marzipan Mount Rushmore (truly a bizarre gift), and of course, at  the end the cold -- and Gray's struggles at the end to get home.

I realized (and if I'm wrong don't tell me, I'd like to continue thinking I'm smart) that our flashbacks were all of first Christmases in Jericho, which I found very cool.  Not sure about that last, mysterious, nameless one but I will go out on a limb and say it isn't Jake.  Maybe it is Gray, which would be super intriguing as I never think of him arriving in Jericho not fully formed.  So it will be interesting to see how that happens.

 

And oh my, Gray's "Long Road Back".  Thrown from his horse!  Chased by a road gang?  Perhaps without telling anyone in Jericho what he was up to, or that they should come looking for him if he doesn't turn up.... Again, I am intrigued. :-) <--- for the intrigue.   :-(  <----- for poor Gray.




Author's Response:

Thanks Marzee!

I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter and that it got you thinking. I myself enjoyed thinking about the changes that could occur over time while checking in with this one moment in the year, in this same place.

Can I say that you're right about the first Christmases? I thought it was interesting to explore this first encounter with the town for these characters (who each arrived at such different moments both in their lives and in Jericho), and the sort of being an outsider, moving toward becoming connected and part of things, while coming to terms with part of themselves, grief and loss and also hope and new connections, was fun for me to explore.

And then there's Gray, who is sort of experiencing this kind of personal evolution throughout...though I probably shouldn't say too much more about him just yet. But I am glad you are intrigued by his journey. 

Thanks again for reading and for your thoughtful comments!

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