Published: March 08, 2012
Words: 76,996 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466066205

Short description

Bill Hammond feels cheated. Cheated out of a happy childhood because of the dysfunctional relationship of his parents. Cheated out of the love of his true sweetheart. Cheated because he has to deal with the ghosts that haunt him every day of his lonely life. He wants it to change. But the only way to change it is to face his ghosts and appeal to the one person he let slip away.

Extended description

Bill Hammond lives a lonely life yet shuns any intimate contact with the people around him. He is haunted by visions of people from his dysfunctional relationships, but does his best to ignore or avoid them. Conjuring up fleeting memories of his wife and teaching Shakespeare at the local college provide him with his only semblance of happiness. When he uncharacteristically befriends a withdrawn student in one of his classes he is inadvertently taken on an emotional roller coaster that sends him deeper into despair. On a frantic search for answers he comes to realize that he must affirm his own indiscretions in order to come to terms with how his life has come to pass.

Ten years later on a sunny spring morning Breanna Sutton is reluctantly meeting with Bill, who is now a recluse in an isolated cabin up in Northern Ontario. He had inexplicably started Breanna off on a rewarding and lucrative career that makes her feel bitterly obligated to the old man. She discovers Bill adrift in a w.. (Read more) Bill Hammond lives a lonely life yet shuns any intimate contact with the people around him. He is haunted by visions of people from his dysfunctional relationships, but does his best to ignore or avoid them. Conjuring up fleeting memories of his wife and teaching Shakespeare at the local college provide him with his only semblance of happiness. When he uncharacteristically befriends a withdrawn student in one of his classes he is inadvertently taken on an emotional roller coaster that sends him deeper into despair. On a frantic search for answers he comes to realize that he must affirm his own indiscretions in order to come to terms with how his life has come to pass.

Ten years later on a sunny spring morning Breanna Sutton is reluctantly meeting with Bill, who is now a recluse in an isolated cabin up in Northern Ontario. He had inexplicably started Breanna off on a rewarding and lucrative career that makes her feel bitterly obligated to the old man. She discovers Bill adrift in a world of fantasy and in severe need of medical attention. But the stubborn old man insists that she listen to his recount of his romance with his wife and its tragic conclusion before consenting to get the help he needs. Through the course of an agonizing day, Breanna learns what family truly means and about the obligations that come with it.

Muckydum will take you on the journey of a tormented man’s pursuit to clear his conscience before it’s too late and a woman’s realization that life isn’t measured solely by one’s successes.
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memories, ghosts, spirits, suicide, sorrow, professor, success, author, past, dysfunctional, haunted, loneliness, desperation

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Review by: Taylor Morris on July 27, 2012 :
A well-woven tale of past and present, with a few unexpected twists. The story is nicely structured and paced to keep the reader engaged throughout.

As hard as I tried, I couldn’t fully connect with the characters. I wanted to be annoyed by the self-important Breanna but wasn’t. I wanted to relate to the lovable, quirky professor; I just couldn’t. Deeper character development would take this book from 4 stars to 5.

The version I read is in desperate need of a professional proofreading. Words were misused (e.g. “breathe” rather than “breath”), and the number of run-on sentences distracted from the story.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Sylvia Hester on May 10, 2012 :
What a great book!! This was indeed a page turner where I had to find out the next thing that was going to happen. At first I thought that this was Bill's story but it turned out to be Brenna's. The jist of this storyline is in order to live your life to the fullest you have to face your demons and the understand the reason you tend to hold on to them like a life line. Again I will say, what a great story.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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