Blog Tour - Then and Now by R J Gould

Blurb

Sandy is about to retire following an illustrious career as editor of an upmarket fashion magazine.

Michael can’t retire, he thinks his work to explain the dangers of climate change is far too important.

Jonathan is considering retiring from running his fundraising consultancy.

These three were the best of friends at university before a tragedy wrecked their friendship. They haven’t spoken since.

Fifty years on, they arrange to meet at a reunion. Having reminisced about student life during a wild and self-indulgent era with its heady mix of free love, drugs and ground-breaking music, they share their life journeys since the Swinging Sixties – the successes and failures, the happiness and despair, and their optimism and fears for the future.

The reunion is drawing to a close. Dare they tackle the incident that tore them apart, an event that has brought guilt for so many years? If they are to have any chance of reconciliation they have to, but the clock is ticking.

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UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/R-J-Gould/e/B006QLQZ8S

US - https://www.amazon.com/R-J-Gould/e/B006QLQZ8S

Review

Does grey hair bring wisdom? Erm, no, not really - not for the three main characters in this story, at least. And neither does the passage of time appear to have made a great many changes to any of them. All three seem to have developed little over the years and are stuck in the same outlook as they had when they were in university. "Leopards" and "spots" come to mind.

However, the reunion serves as a catalyst for all of them, in more ways than one, and everyone finds themselves at a crossroads. How they move forward and reinvent themselves is the backbone of this relatable and highly entertaining story.

About the Author

R J Gould writes contemporary fiction about relationships, using a mix of humour and pathos to describe the tragi-comic life journeys of his characters. Then and now is his seventh novel, following The Engagement Party, Jack and Jill Went Downhill, Mid-life follies, The bench by Cromer beach, Nothing Man and Dream Café. He is a member of Cambridge Writers and a rare male member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.

Before becoming a full-time author he worked in the educational and charity sectors.

R J Gould lives in Cambridge.

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