Breaking and Holding
Breaking and Holding by Judy Fogarty
Paperback and e-book, 366 pagesPublished August 2nd 2016 by Lake Union Publishing
For Patricia Curren, the summer of 1978 begins with a devastating discovery: an unfamiliar black pearl button in the bed she shares with her controlling husband, Jack. Seeking the courage to end her desolate marriage, Patricia spends a quiet summer alone on beautiful Kiawah Island. But when she meets Terry Sloan, a collegiate tennis player trying to go pro, their physical attraction sparks a slow burn toward obsession.
Once Patricia and Terry share closely guarded secrets from their pasts, they want more than a summer together. But their love soon fractures, as a potential sponsor takes an unusually keen interest in Terry—both on court and off. And when single, career-driven Lynn Hewitt arrives, other secrets must surface, including the one Patricia has kept from Terry all summer.
An intimate portrait of the folly of the human heart, Breaking and Holding explores buried truths that are startlingly unveiled. What’s left in their wake has the power not only to shatter lives…but to redeem them.
My thoughts about Breaking and Holding ~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)
First line—"This isn't my story. It's Patricia's and Terry's. But in the summer of 1978, their lives were wound around mine like strands of twine around a spool. Twine. Rope. Barbed wire by August."
Okay, this book "had me at hello!" Well, there really wasn't a 'hello' but seriously, it had me hooked from the very first chapter. I read that first chapter, it grabbed me, and then I was blown away by the last sentence. I wanted more! I immediately clicked over to Amazon and bought it. Breaking and Holding moved to the top of my TBR list. Check out Chapter 1 HERE and see if you don't agree.
This is a story filled with fascinating characters leading complicated lives in intertwined relationships. Sometimes I wasn't sure who the 'good' guys were and who were the 'bad' guys. Maybe everyone was a little bit of both? It definitely made for interesting reading. Everybody, and everything, was so complicated and tied together. How were the relationships going to unwind and play out? Getting through it all was so worth it!
This is Judy's debut novel and she has created an amazing story. I am excited to see what she writes next.
This is a story filled with fascinating characters leading complicated lives in intertwined relationships. Sometimes I wasn't sure who the 'good' guys were and who were the 'bad' guys. Maybe everyone was a little bit of both? It definitely made for interesting reading. Everybody, and everything, was so complicated and tied together. How were the relationships going to unwind and play out? Getting through it all was so worth it!
This is Judy's debut novel and she has created an amazing story. I am excited to see what she writes next.
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About the author
Judy Fogarty lives, writes, reads, and runs on the historic Isle of Hope in her native Savannah, Georgia. She holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois and has served as marketing director for private golf and tennis communities in the Savannah/Hilton Head area. She is a devoted—even rowdy—tennis fan, as anyone who has had the pleasure—or displeasure—of watching a professional match with her will attest.
Breaking and Holding is Judy's debut novel. She is happily at work on her second, enjoying as always the invaluable support of her husband, Mike, and children, Colin and Sara Jane.
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