Another Shot by Stephen Anthony Brotherton - Book Blitz
Another
Shot
“It used to
make me feel special, the fact that they knew me, knew what I wanted, but it
had soured with repetition. I’d become my drink order – that’s what it felt
like. But it was okay. People watching in this place made me feel part of the
world, got me away from the house for a few hours. And it was here she came
back to me. I hadn’t seen her for three decades and suddenly there she was,
standing next to my table.
‘Hello, Freddie’.”
‘Hello, Freddie’.”
Another Shot tells the story of Freddie and Jo-Jo, who are reunited in a coffee shop thirty-five years after the end of their teenage romance. Jo-Jo finds Freddie through a mutual friend, and tells him that she is emigrating following the death of her husband. She gives him a photograph of the two of them on their first weekend away, a trip to Blackpool.
How they originally met, why they parted, what happens in their lives apart is all told through a series of flashbacks. These memories feed into events when they meet up again and explain why, despite the passage of time and the intensity of their still simmering love, there is no future for their relationship.
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Excerpt
This is the moment in Another Shot when
Freddie and Jo-Jo meet again, thirty-five years after their first love romance
ended.
‘ Freddie – An awkward
silence fell as we met each other’s eyes – her line of nose freckles reminding
me of the mole above her belly button and triggering an age-old desire to join
the dots. I could feel the regulars staring, trying to work out who the
stranger was. She looked nervously around the room, china cats and dogs staring
down at her from a Welsh dresser.
‘What
are you doing here, Jo-Jo?’
She
reached across the table and squeezed my hand.
‘I’m
looking for you,’ she said.’
Author Bio
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‘I was born in Walsall, grew up in the West Midlands and now live in
Telford with my two cats, Boris and Tai. After working in the health and social
care sector for over thirty years, I have now taken early retirement to write
the trilogy that has been rooted in my head for most of my life.
Another Shot is the first book in the Shots trilogy, which is based on a
first love relationship I had as a teenager. It tells the story of Freddie and
Jo-Jo, who are reunited in a coffee shop three decades after the end of their
teenage romance. How they originally met, why they parted, what happens in
their lives apart, and what happens when they reunite is all told through a
series of first person vignettes. The second book, An Extra Shot, will be
published in July 2019. I am currently working on the final instalment.
Getting these stories down on paper has been a cathartic process. I hope
you enjoy them'
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Media Links – Instagram @freddiejojoreunited
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