Henry and Jim by J.M. Snyder

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Two men are together for more than fifty years, but one of them has a progressive illness who cause him to forget even the more simple things. But a little sign by him will prove that love will be never forgotten.

This is one of the most beatiful short story I have ever read. There is all the elements to make it a wonderful book and they are all packed in few pages. Henry and Jim spent years together and they are happy years, but now Jim is progressively forgotten those moments (probably due to illness), and Henry fears that, with the lost of the memory, maybe also the love will be lost forever.

I don't know if I loved so much this short story since it's true and being true it doesn't have a solution for all the bad things in the world, or since it allows me to feel the happiness Henry and Jim shared in all those years together. Knowing that they were so good together, allow me to accept that now they are old, and with the age comes also the consciousness that they will be separated, but not for long, since I have the feelings that, where one will go, the other soon will follow. This is not a story of two young men in love, this is the story of two very old men, but still in love, and this is the most wonderful thing of all.

And even if for small thing, the force of love still allow some little miracles. Absolutely recommended.

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Publisher: JMS Books LLC (February 24, 2010)

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Comments

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

our loss, I think. I don't think you should stop trying though.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Ques sera, sera... ;-) Elisa

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, you write really beautiful reviews! Today's really made me cry.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

You are of great inspiration, since, if I remember well, you started late to write... maybe I will do the same ;-) Elisa

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Yep, one can hardly write if one hasn't lived...