R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 12/28/2021 + 1438 more book reviews

Can one really find a soulmate? It happened to Paul and Lexy. One look at each other and the magic began. On the first date they travel to Disney World and spend days beginning to know one another. Their love blooms until they marry and begin life together with Lexy's dog, Lorelie. Paul is a linguist and Lexy an artist who makes beautiful masks. They create unusual times to spend time together and show their love.

One day, Paul returns home to find a police car parked in front of their house. Lexy has fallen from their apple tree and broken her neck. He is devastated. Grief consumes him as he tries to determine what happened. Ruled an accident, Paul wonders. The only witness was Lorelie. Can he teach her to talk and tell him how Lexy fell? Taking a sabbatical, he is determined to try. His attempts meet with little success and he encounters a strange group that does cruel surgery on dogs attempting to create talking dogs. Their efforts are deplored by society but he attends a meeting which leaves him shaken. Reflecting on his attempts to teach Lorelie to talk he realizes that such efforts are in vain. His grief is still there but he knows it's time to learn how to live again. He was lucky to have the beautiful Lexy as a part of his life as long as he did.

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