You had everything...until you lost it. The bad luck is all of sudden like toppling dominoes. The pain is so deep and profound, it's hard to even get out of bed. Let alone even attempt to function daily. And having to crawl back to Powlton, California (a suburb of San Diego) & actually home to Mom and Dad after a job loss is the last straw.
How can a figurative "broken heart" hurt so bad? Why do you feel it deep down in your soul? How can it be possible to still wake up daily and continue to endure? How come he still feels so lonely even though he lives with his parents? This has been Roy's existence for the past several months. He feels hollowed out. So overwhelmed by emotions, in order to protect himself he has stopped feeling anything, especially to do with love. His mother sees something must be done. Roy is so bereft nothing can get him out of his funk. He is so distraught that his mother has to find a way to get him out of his deep morass.
Roy reminiscences about happier times when he was younger when their family enjoyed engaging, fun filled breakfasts involving fresh vegetables. This prompts his Mom to suggest they all go to the local farmers market. Reluctantly Roy and his Dad agree. Everything he does seems like an out of body experience. He's just an observer of life around him. Until various vendors begin to remind him of his life with his ex-fiancee. These painful memories he has no interest in recollecting. Then he hears a voice and sees a face he hasn't in many years. His first love, his first (boy)friend in high school, Dakota. Older, but a very welcome sight.
On that day he experiences the first hairline cracks in the block of ice encasing his heart. Accompanying his old friend home to his organic vegetable and fruit gardens, Roy meets Dakota's Border Collie. She was named Rosie after Dakota's deceased mother. Her presence has made Dakota not feel so lonely, especially after the death of Dad, whom he was very close to. Rosie also begins to affect Roy's life in positive, often comforting and sometimes protective ways. Not only are Dakota's gardens bountiful with produce, can he have the same bountiful effect on Roy's heart?
I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet romance. This is my second time reading it and found I liked it even more than the first time. The release of the sequel A CUP OF JOE prompted this reread. I'm very glad I got the chance to revisit the first book.
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