The Hour of Separation
 A Love Story in Letters

      by J. M. Dallman

       Aonian Press. Hard Cover: 6.14" x 9.21", 112pp.
       ISBN: 1-59663-663-7, 978-1-59663-663-7 $23.95
                          Special Price $22.95

ABOUT THE BOOK:  This is the story of two long-separated lovers who are finally reunited by the Internet. As Kahlil Gibran once wrote, 'Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.' But when deep psychological wounds are suddenly reopened by such a reunion, is it really worth all the suffering?

Although this moving book is actually a collection of intimate love letters that pass between an unnamed man and woman--the impact is profound. For as the great 12th century Abelard once wrote about his own Heloise, "People will say things in letters they would never say in person. . . ."

In short, the erotic tension in these letters will leave you reeling. And the ugly deception and secrets that can lurk beneath even the most perfect love will leave you feeling uneasy and afraid. Yet this book remains--above all--a love letter to love. As John Keats once wrote, "Love is my religion--I could die for that."

The lovers in this story may one day rank amongst the greatest in literature, with the likes of Antony and Cleopatra, Abelard and Heloise, Tristan and Isolde, Dante and Beatrice, and Catherine and Heathcliff. In fact, it was Catherine, herself, who once said about her own lover, "Our souls are the same. . . . "

The same could be said for these two people as well.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  J. M. Dallman is an author of fiction, non-fiction and plays. She is also an Adjunct Professor of English, a columnist, and a national public speaker on such topics as the creative process and the arts.
 

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