Sunbreaks - Messel, Greg
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Tom is a middle-aged man who works in downtown Portland, Oregon. His wife is killed suddenly when her car is hit by a drunk driver. Tom goes into a period of isolation for almost two years; his life sinks into a time of grayness and gloom. Then, a bright light named Erika comes into his life. She is a dazzling young woman who he meets, quite by accident, at the coffee shop which he frequents each morning. Tom and Erika have an instant connection. They formulate a plan to become companions and to begin enjoying all of their interests again but as platonic friends. They are both tired of being…mehr

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Tom is a middle-aged man who works in downtown Portland, Oregon. His wife is killed suddenly when her car is hit by a drunk driver. Tom goes into a period of isolation for almost two years; his life sinks into a time of grayness and gloom. Then, a bright light named Erika comes into his life. She is a dazzling young woman who he meets, quite by accident, at the coffee shop which he frequents each morning. Tom and Erika have an instant connection. They formulate a plan to become companions and to begin enjoying all of their interests again but as platonic friends. They are both tired of being alone but do not want to play all of the dating games. As the year progresses, Tom and Erika become more and more comfortable with each other thanks to a series of unexpected crisis that ensue. Tom is falling more deeply in love with Erika each day. Erika continues to take it slow and wants to be just friends. Tom keeps his love for her a secret as he patiently waits for Erika to want more from their relationship.
Autorenporträt
Greg Messel grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives on the Puget Sound in Edmonds, Washington with his wife Jean DeFond. "Dreams Th at Never Were" is his 11th novel and is a historical fiction account of a young reporter caught up in the events surrounding the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Greg has also written a series of mystery novels set in San Francisco in the 1950s. He has lived in Oregon, Washington, California, Wyoming, and Utah and has always loved writing, including stints as a reporter, columnist and news editor for a daily newspaper. He covered Wyoming politics for several years including interviews with people like Alan Simpson and Dick Cheney. Greg won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist and has contributed articles to various magazines.Greg left the newspaper business and worked in Portland, Oregon for Pacificorp as a planning and budgeting manager. He left the corporate world in 2008 and began writing novels fulltime.