Tilda’s Promise by Jean P. Moore
Published by She Writes Press on September 25, 2018
Genres: Family Life, Grief, Literature & Fiction
Pages: 272
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Amidst all the characters in this moving novel of loss, love, and renewal, the two who grieve hardest have the most to discover. Tilda Carr has lost the love of her life―her husband, Harold―after forty years of marriage, while her granddaughter and namesake, Tilly, has lost her grandfather and best friend. Together they will embark on a journey of discovery in this intergenerational story of friends, family, and lovers―and learn that there is always hope for new beginnings.
I had seen this book on social media and was immediately drawn to the story line. I had never heard of the author, but no worries, thanks to NetGalley, I was able to request a digital copy of Tilda’s Promise to read and review. I always love books involving strong female characters, so I was thrilled when I was approved.
The story begins when Tilda Carr wakes up one morning to find her husband of forty years, Harold, has died in their bed. Tilda knows she must come through her sadness and cope with this tremendous loss. While Tilda is obviously the main character in Tilda’s Promise, there are infrequent switches to her 15-year old granddaughter and namesake, Tilly’s point of view. She is also struggling with the loss of her grandfather – he was her mentor, her hero, her best friend.
Right from the start, Tilda’s Promise engages readers by sharing Tilda’s ability to establish a beautiful and realistic warm relationship among Tilda, her daughter, Laura, and most especially, her granddaughter, Tilly. While initially, there is a lot of grief, the story slowly unfolds and shares the story of a family, their grief and how they found themselves on the other side of that grief.
I really felt that the characters were well written and believable — actually relatable to readers. The story – grief is hard for anyone, and the author’s ability to help readers see the perspectives of this family’s loss were beautiful. Thank you Ms. Moore!
About the Author: Award-winning author, Jean P. Moore, is a novelist, poet, and non-fiction writer. Jean P. Moore was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Miami, Florida. Her novel, Water on the Moon, was published June 2014 and was the winner of the 2015 Independent Publishers Book Award for contemporary fiction. Her work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals such as up street, SN Review, Adanna, The Timberline Review, Angels Flight Literary West, Distillery, Skirt, Slow Trains, Long Island Woman, the Hartford Courant, Greenwich Time, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Additionally, a memoir piece, “Finding Charles,” appears online in Persimmon Tree, Summer, 2011. Several anthologized poems can be read in Women’s Voices of the 21st Century, 2014. Her chapbook, Time’s Tyranny, Finishing Line Press, was published in October 2017.
About the Author (By the Author): After raising a family and engaging in several careers, I have returned to my first love, writing. My recent publications include fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in various literary journals, magazines, and newspapers–and now, my first novel, Water on the Moon. I am happiest with my laptop in place, hands on the keyboard, with Sly, our truly wonderful rescue (black Lab) snoozing by my side while I tap away. Follow your bliss, we are told, as though it were that easy. I am so very grateful for the time I now have to do it.
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I was provided with a complimentary electronic advanced reader copy by She Writes Press through Net Galley in exchange for my post. I was not required to post a positive review, but have chosen to do so because this book was great! Thank you!
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