Review: A short "reunion" love story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
EL TRAIN LOVE STORY by Em Barrett runs 20 pages (without intro and sample of 6 chapters of LEAVING GREEN ISLAND included at the end).  This short story is broken into chapters entitled NOW and THEN...and the story weaves back and forth between the two.  We see our gal as a passenger on the El, where she notices the one man she loved years ago in college (and has never gotten over)...and her dilemma..does she reveal herself?  Does she let this opportunity to reconnect slip past?  The back-story is told in the "Then" chapters, bringing the reader up to date about their past, what tore them apart, how much they loved each other, young love and its challenges, etc.  By the conclusion of the novella, I could believe these two had fallen in love by the end of their ill-fated romance back in college.This novella is rich with themes of sweet reunion and second chances.  While there is sex in the book, it happens "between the scenes," and not on the page.  I'd rate it PG.