The Myth Of You And Me
(LEAH STEWART)
The demise of a friendship can be just as traumatic as the end of a romantic
relationship. Yet the rules of grieving for a friendship are endlessly more
complicated than those for nursing a traditional broken heart. Can a friendship
ever be mended once the bonds of trust have been shattered?
That is the central question in Leah Stewart''s The Myth of You & Me,
and one that protagonist Cameron Wilson answers with a resounding no when she
receives a letter from Sonia Gray, the long-lost best friend she has not spoken
to in eight years. Sonia is about to get married and attempts to heal their
rift with an invitation to her impending nuptials. Cameron declines, unable to
overcome what she feels was Sonia''s ultimate betrayal nearly a decade before.
But then Oliver, Cameron''s elderly boss and confidant, dies and his final
plea is that Cameron deliver an already wrapped wedding present from him to
Sonia. It hardly seems like the sort of request one can refuse, so Cameron
reluctantly sets off.
Her mission turns out to be anything but easy. The uncertainty of the
reunion looms in front of her as the ghosts of her past pop up to complicate
the trip, and Sonia proves difficult to find. Deftly interspersing memories with
the forward trajectory of Cameron''s journey, Stewart weaves a tale that could
very easily veer into overly sentimental territory, but never does. Instead,
what emerges is the touching story of true friendship so intense that, over its
duration, it managed to produce both soaring joy and deep heartbreak.
Stewart carefully feeds out just enough of the story at a time to leave
readers hungering to know what is inside Oliver''s mysterious package and just
what it was that broke up the close-as-sisters friendship. In the end, readers
will be left with Stewart''s graceful teaching of this ultimate truth: you can
never leave behind someone who has touched your life so profoundly.
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