Review: An emotional short journey
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
TIME OR MONEY by Carly FallABOUT THE BOOK:  Release Date February 11, 2013Mason Jackson knows his marriage to Bridget is in trouble. He's been putting in exhausting hours for months to try to make partner in his accounting firm. He knows that it is putting a strain on his marriage, but he has trouble escaping the memory of the poverty of his childhood. He never wants his wife, or the children they yearn for, to know the struggle that he endured when he can provide a  better life for them. But things are reaching breaking point; he and Bridget are more like roommates than a married couple. He needs to think of a way to get their marriage back on track and what better way than to make Valentine's Day, Bridget's favorite holiday of the year, a new start for their marriage? Mason puts in place plans for an elaborate evening designed to surprise Bridget.Bridget is miserable in her marriage, and often longs for the days when they were dirt poor. They may have struggled financially, but at least she had her husband around. Mason is always working, and Bridget feels that he has chosen his work over her. She's tried to talk to him about the way she feels, but he doesn't seem to hear her. He just keeps telling her that once he makes partner then  everything will be all right. But Bridget is sick of Mason forgetting the things that are important to her ... like their anniversary a few months ago. She is at the end of her tether and decides that if he forgets Valentine's Day, her favorite day of the year, then divorce just might be on the cards.At the end of the day, this couple has only one decision to make: Time or Money?REVIEW:  TIME OR MONEY is a short storyline-less than fifty pages in length that focuses on a few hours in the life of Mason and Bridget Jackson but tells of a lifetime of empty promises and broken hearts.  Bridget has given herself an ultimatum-if her husband Mason ignores Valentine's Day she is walking away for good.  And following a series of mishaps, including a fall at home and the destruction of her cell phone, Bridget comes home to an empty house with no message from her husband and no acknowledgment on this day for lovers.  As you can image, emotions and anxiety set off a roller coaster of built up tension and pent up anger and our couple must chose between two options-make time for each other or go for the money.  Which would you choose?TIME OR MONEY is an eye-opening short story that is probably very familiar to many people.  Many couples find themselves in a rut-their daily lives taking them forward one day at a time-and in many cases-alone.  Carly takes the reader on a very personal but short journey that reveals a lifetime of hurt and tears, when a couple grows apart, if for no other reasons, then to get ahead in the working world.see all of my reviews at : thereadingcafe(dot)com