Reunion

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A heartbreaking new novel about lost loves and past regrets. A guaranteed tearjerker.
Blue Reynolds has the world at her feet. Her successful daytime chat show and the attendant wealth make her the envy of women all over the globe. But little do her fans know that behind the faade of designer clothes and luxury apartments, Blue is tormented by a tragic event in her past.

Whilst on a work trip to Florida, Blue finds herself caught up in a love triangle between two men - a situation made even more problematic by the fact that the two men are father and son. Whilst Blue is drawn to her old flame Mitch, she also finds herself deeply attracted to his enigmatic son Julian.

Her troubles are further increased when the press discover that she gave up a child for adoption as a troubled teen - a child that she has desperately tried to find in the years that followed.

With the media camping outside her door, desperate to tarnish the reputation of one of the world's most famous women, Blue realizes she must face her demons and overcome her fears as well as follow her heart - even if that means giving up the life she has worked so hard to create.

Old conflicts, long-held secrets, and thwarted expectations provoke the question of what makes love true. A compelling and poignant novel that will captivate readers of Anita Shreve and Rosie Thomas.

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Praise for Reunion and Souvenir: 'Poignant read.' Closer 'An incredible debut!don't miss it.' Heat 'Tender, touching, and completely compelling. I cared so much about these characters, couldn't put the novel down, read through the night. Therese Fowler writes with such wisdom about young love, intense and impossible choices, and the way one decision can affect an entire life.' Luanne Rice

Author Bio

Therese Fowler was born in Illinois in 1967. Youngest of three children, and the only girl, she grew up insisting that being a girl was for sissies. She spent her free time roaming the forests and cornfields and neighbourhoods near her home, reading whatever books she could get her hands on. She married her high school sweetheart in 1985 and her then-husband enlisted in the US Air Force, initiating a four-year period of adventure and misadventure. They went to northern Texas, then on to the Philippines for a three-year tour of duty when Therese was just nineteen. Therese got pregnant with her first child in late '89 and gave birth in 1990. She had a second child in 1993. As a poor-but-devoted at-home mom, she spent much of 1990-1997 changing diapers, reading to her boys, wiping messy hands, and jotting ideas for stories in notebooks. Her real-life saga was chronicled in journals-a useful experience to draw on later, for SOUVENIR. Therese split from her husband in 1997 and enrolled at North Carolina State University as a full-time student, and majored in Sociology and Anthropology. While a student, she met and married (in 1999) a terrific man who was a neighbour at her apartment complex, "inheriting" two more sons in the process. She graduated from NCSU in Dec 2000, having earned summa cum laude honours and her department's Highest Scholastic Achievement Award. Therese's first year in grad school was a tumultuous one: in late '03 her father-in-law took ill and died in December. At the same time, her mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer. In late January, following an unsuccessful surgery, her mother came to stay with Therese in order to try new treatments at Duke University Hospital. Though no cure was expected, the treatments were having good effect and the prognosis was that her mother might gain a year or two of comfortable living. However, she died quite suddenly (but mercifully in her sleep), in March '04-likely from sudden heart attack or pulmonary embolism. Therese was home alone when she discovered her mother, a fact for which she's grateful. In late 2004, when Therese had been in grad school for a little over a year, the school won approval for a new creative writing MFA program. She applied and was admitted into the first class of approximately 12 fiction writers. To earn the MFA, a student must produce either a substantial short-story collection or a novel. In December '05, as she was about to receive her degree, she began the agent-query process. Initial queries yielded much interest, with four agents requesting she send the manuscript. The "winning" agent was Wendy Sherman, who contacted Therese on Christmas Eve day to say she hoped she could be the One. After some near misses and a lot of high praise from interested editors, Therese (who loves a good love story) set out to write Souvenir.