Unfinished Chapters eBook Christina Hamlett
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If Life came with a “rewind” button, we could insert ourselves into missed opportunities, give voice to unspoken words, make amends for hurtful deeds, keep friendships from falling by the wayside, and even linger to smell the roses.
Twenty exceptional writers share their true stories of love, loss, missteps, chance encounters, do-overs, and the musing of “woulda/coulda/shoulda” moments that make us so uniquely human.
Contributing Authors Debbie McClure, Chaynna Campbell, Johanna Baker-Dowdell, Tina Jensen, Maeve Corbett, Rachael Protzman Hardman, Lisa Romeo, Marnie Macauley, Rachel McGrath, Anita G. Gorman, Cindy Matthews, Kelsey Poe, Danise Malqui, Catherine S. Blair, Josephine Harwood, Tracy Falenwolfe, Terri Elders, Charlotte Nystrom, Clifford Protzman, Robert B. Robeson
Unfinished Chapters eBook Christina Hamlett
This book was recommended on a blog that I was directed to check out by a friend. The book is good with short but very thought-provoking accounts from regular people. I have re-read several of the contributions over and over as they are quite inspirational. The book helped me deal with the loss of both of my parents as well as the end of a relationship.Product details
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Unfinished Chapters eBook Christina Hamlett Reviews
I enjoyed this compilation of personal stories VERY MUCH....and what an interesting theme to pick -- to hear from people about what experiences, people, life learnings they still feel are somehow incomplete. The selection of essays were all different and I learned something from each of them.
I went to dinner with friends the day I finished the book and told them about the premise of the collected stories. We proceeded to have a full conversation about any "unfinished chapters" we felt still existed in our lives. It made for a very honest and rich discussion. We found we learned more about each other, and we thought we knew each other pretty well already. This is a wonderful literary contribution!
It's been a while since I've read a collection of short stories and I found the format really suits my lifestyle right now. Whenever I needed a break, I could open the pages and lose myself for a few minutes. That they were gathered around a theme made me want to come back to it again and again. The stories themselves made me think of those brief encounters, sometimes for a few years, sometimes for a few minutes, which stayed with me long after the other person left. From the stewardess with a drinking problem, to the soldier with a simple question, to the woman who regrets, all three my favorites, the collection shows you just how important we all are in each other's lives. There's a broad range of stories in the book, and I admit to being less interested in the “one that got away” versions than in those fleeting moments where some stranger looks at you and says something that stops your heart in its tracks and sends you in a completely different direction. Still, there's a wide variety here, something that's sure to appeal to everyone. It made me want to write a few of my own which, to me, is the very best gift from a book.
This wonderfully written compilations of poignant, funny, inspiring, and entertaining stories arrived from the seeds of the ever-changing nature of relationships that rarely last a lifetime. And so it is in the variety of bonding with another, however brief or long, that the stories arise, whether it be a quest for love, a balm for loneliness, escaping from the mundane ennui, or the genuine connecting that transcends situations and moves through the linear clock of our lives, this is the glue that brings these stories together.
The story that inspired the title revolves around a plane flight, a noisy child, and a move to a first class seat to sit next to a kind stranger who reminded the author, Christina Hamlett, of a close friend from High School who became a stewardess. The conversation with the stranger continued light and chatty until she mentioned her three roommates who were working Sept. 2001 and never made it home alive. The death of her friends put her on a vowed path of sobriety. When they deplaned at Logan airport it had occurred to the author they didn’t even know each other’s names. The names may be unknown but the memory of that deeply intimate conversation lingers.
There were so many wonderful stories, beautifully and well written, too many to recount them all here so I will highlight a few. “Gone The Existence Of Them” by Kelsey Poe poignantly starts out with the narrator, the protagonist of the story; with tears flowing as she mentioned she didn’t get “to have his babies.” People were waiting to offer condolences and it’s clear something horrible had happened to our protagonist’s significant other and sure enough as we read on we learn that her young husband died and she’s only 27 years old. The pain bleeds from the page as we see the dreams the couple had together turn to ash. The tenderness is enhanced when the story ends and there’s a footnote that the author, Kesley Poe, lost her husband in 2013. The devastating silence between those last few words guaranteed this story will not be forgotten any time soon.
I loved “Love Me Do” by Tracy Falenwolfe and how it started. 1964 and the Beatles were coming to play at the 4-H Club in the author’s tiny hometown but instead of it being Paul, John, George, and Ringo the band was her father and three of his friends wearing wigs. The laughter in me slowed when I read that the band broke up when they got drafted. Growing up in a closed family, closed in the sense of not communicating about emotional or any deep issues, Falenwolfe tried to understand the situation and the question of her existence. As the author became a parent and reflected back the situation with her father she contemplated maybe he gave all he could, working two jobs and when not at work doing more work around the house. An understanding was forming and around that time there was a sweet gesture to photograph the five grandchildren and give it to her father, but he died before receiving it. He died of a sudden heart attack at 59 years old while shoveling snow. Reflections come when we lose a parent and in the case with Falenwolfe it surprised me to read, “I wish we hadn’t been so much alike.” What wasn’t a surprise was the wish that one of them broke down and communicated to the other; to verify the bond and love that exists between a parent and their child.
Then there was the sweet story of a young teenage girl meeting a stranger on a bus ride, Strangers on a Midnight Bus by Charlotte Nystrom that rang close to home The allure, sensual and emotional, of a stranger and the lingering memory of him years later. Lovely story.
Story after story, I’m left contemplating the human condition. All the what ifs and should have done and feel extremely grateful I’m alive and right now have he opportunity to say something I feel must be said, hug someone important, keep quiet when it will serve well, and let my heart stay open through pain and joy for therein the human condition shines and grows.
When the last page of this wonderful book was shut, I sat and reflected back on the richness of the relationships and their stories told, that for a brief moment I got to be a fly on the wall to something deeply intimate. The writing excels throughout these moving stories and I’m truly grateful I happened upon and read this book.
Unfinished Chapters, Christina Hamlett, Editor.
As a young reader I was interested in science fiction and fascinated by what we now call alternative histories. This book puts a face, or faces, on the “What ifs?” in slightly less than two dozen shorts reflective essays.
Some of them are about a first love or childhood friend with whom one loses touch. Others of them tread less-familiar ground to most readers a soldier met and never-forgotten in Vietnam, a office colleague who might have been more, a temporary travelling companion on a bus.
All of these essays are well-written and well worth the time to read and reflect on them. Hamlett’s introduction is profound and poignant.
I would like to mention three of the essays. Clifford Protzman brought back my memories of Roberto Clemente. Rachel McGrath brought to mind some people I knew in my adolescence. Robert Roberson writes about a war I did not directly know, but I experienced similar situations in my military career. A part of his piece is a good overview for this well-written, thought-provoking book
“Sometimes all a person can do is hold what is let of such an experience until the pain subsides or one’s own life slowly slips away.”
A touching and poignant collection of short stories, I loved this book. The stories were so well written and touched upon all the corners of our souls that hide our missed chances, wishes for do-overs, reflections about loss, small moments with lasting impacts, and the impact even fleeting encounters can have on us. I couldn't put it down and highly recommend it.
This book was recommended on a blog that I was directed to check out by a friend. The book is good with short but very thought-provoking accounts from regular people. I have re-read several of the contributions over and over as they are quite inspirational. The book helped me deal with the loss of both of my parents as well as the end of a relationship.
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