Review: Cozy Story for a Long Winter Night
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
A man and woman each living separate lives in separate cities, a past relationship broken by the pressures of family, and a forgotten painting that provides more questions than answers . . .From the moment Artist Naomi Boyd and Music Therapist Keith Wilson reunite while cleaning out Keith’s grandmother’s house in Londonderry, Ireland, their exchanges are filled with past memories, quiet conversations, and poignant questions. Both Keith and Naomi are interested in each other, and as they work side by side, they try to fill in the gaps in each other’s lives, which had once intersected but then traveled different roads.Past mistakes rush up to great both Naomi and Keith, some of the mistakes of their own doing, and some of the mistakes occurring two generations before. Finding a mysterious painting of Keith’s grandmother adds a subtle element of mystery to the gentle love story, and it also provides opportunity for Keith and Naomi to spend more time together as they seek out the story behind the picture.If you like sweet tales of love lost and found again, then you should enjoy this novella. The short length makes it perfect to devour in one long sitting, and the story is full of hope about the future and the message that past mistakes can be righted.