The Long Walk Home
by: Will North
Published by: Shaye Areheart Books
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Reviewed by Maria Hoeffer
American Alec Hudson, in a final loving gesture, travels to North Wales to scatter the ashes of his late ex-wife on the mountain they had climbed together many years earlier. Through chance and happenstance, Alec meets, befriends and falls in love with Fiona, the owner of a bed and breakfast–and wife of a difficult and distant shepherd. When Alec encounters Fiona’s dying husband on the mountain, he must choose between his own desires, fears and sense of what is right. Where are the lines of morality and fidelity when your heart belongs to someone else’s spouse?
This lyrical novel, set in the lush and romantic mountains of North Wales, reads like a glimpse into one’s own heart. Full of passion and desire, the reader is swept away by a romantic ideal juxtaposed with grief, loss and the entrapment of an estranged marriage. North carries the reader through an emotional journey, exploring what it really means to love, to grieve, to release the past. The Long Walk Home is a story of hope and inspiration, finding new love to fill hearts long left stagnant and empty.
Until now, Will North has been a ghostwriter of nonfiction and a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter. He now emerges as a gifted novelist, capturing the beauty and depth of human emotion. He skillfully crafts a story depicting the impact of lives touching at distinct turning points.
The Long Walk Home reads easily, like sipping a warm honeyed cup of tea on a damp and drizzly afternoon, one to be savored and remembered.
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