Tag Archives: infidelity

Beware the Mermaids – Carrie Talick

Posted on September 12, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) What happens when you are content with your current life, but circumstances force you to make unexpected changes? Fifty-seven-year-old grandmother, Nancy, thought she was happy, but then caught her husband with another woman on their yacht. … Continue reading →

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The Black Marketer’s Daughter – Suman Mallick

Posted on September 10, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “And she can never figure out who she is cheating. Is it Iskander, the man she has decided she can only be grateful to? Or is it the man who loves her to distraction and makes … Continue reading →

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Lives on Fire – Rosie Scott

Posted on January 17, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) When I travel to a new city, I love to pop into independent bookstores. So, when I ran across Hard To Find Bookshop, a second-hand bookstore in Auckland, New Zealand, I just had to enter this … Continue reading →

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Man of the Year – Caroline Louise Walker

Posted on June 11, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.” -Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette Internist, Dr. Robert Hart was named Sag Harbor Citizen of the Year. Everyone seems to be jealous of him and his charismatic wife, Elizabeth. … Continue reading →

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Fire Sermon – Jamie Quatro

Posted on January 21, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I only know arousal within love—because I’ve never separated emotion from body—is my pattern to create a pretend love first, over and over, in order to feel desire, and desirable?” “I admit that unless something is … Continue reading →

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Elle – Philippe Djian

Posted on June 8, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It’s this other me coming out, though I fight it tooth and nail. It’s a me that invites confusion, flux, unexplored territories. I don’t know. I can’t screw open my head and take a look inside.” … Continue reading →

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