tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561056487751931279.post3346264597223528662..comments2010-07-12T15:38:54.309-04:00Jacqueline C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09761461686932219434noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561056487751931279.post-82042073799908159942010-07-12T15:38:54.298-04:002010-07-12T15:38:54.298-04:00Jacqueline, I&#39;m sorry I didn&#39;t comment sooner, but I&#39;ve been thinking a lot about your review. Of course I&#39;m sorry you didn&#39;t like BARELY. Evidently some of the things I wished to convey didn&#39;t come across to you, which, as the author is my fault. I can only answer that yes, Jack was an immature prick when he divorced Livvie. But if you haven&#39;t sinned, you can&#39;t earn forgiveness(we Catholics are all about guilt and redemption.) And the whole 5 years since his divorce has been his penance. But one point I did want to make, because as not only a romance author, but as a woman, I would never have supported the idea, was that he was still so in love with Mimi that she had all of his thoughts. The reason Jack couldn&#39;t bear to make love to Olivia, was laid out at the beginning of Chapter 12. At that point, Jack says that &quot;he had no right to make love to Livvie. Not now. Not before he knew for certain what he had lost in the chasm of his memory.&quot; He knows Mimi is there somewhere, and that he remembers fond feeling for her. But he can&#39;t conceive of why. He is as appalled by the idea of having a mistress as we are. Until he knows the truth, he doesn&#39;t believe he deserves Livvie. And until the very end of the book, after he has served his penance, Livvie agrees. <br />I know that might not make any difference at all to you. But I did want to make my case. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my book. I certainly hope I do better next time.Eileen Dreyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038098917893895205noreply@blogger.com