Out in the Blue (2015 Daily Dose - Never Too Late)
by:
Kelly Jensen (author)
At forty-five, Jared Tailler suddenly feels old. When his employer grounds him, he starts thinking in terms of measuring his coffin. Well, not quite, but he’s creakier and hairier than he was ten years ago, and his closest relationship is the one he has with his frequent-flyer card. It’s time...
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At forty-five, Jared Tailler suddenly feels old. When his employer grounds him, he starts thinking in terms of measuring his coffin. Well, not quite, but he’s creakier and hairier than he was ten years ago, and his closest relationship is the one he has with his frequent-flyer card.
It’s time to get out there.
On the first day of a five-day hiking trip, he meets Finley Macrae, a younger, seemingly brighter man. As they inch together in halting steps, Jared learns he’s not the only one lost out in the blue—Fin’s good cheer hides a turbulence deeper than Jared’s midlife crisis. Maybe together they can find the trail to happiness.
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2015 Daily Dose package "Never Too Late."
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781634764339
ASIN: B00YM3WD6U
Publish date: 2015-05-31
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Pages no: 43
Edition language: English
I liked the idea of two mature men in this story. -- a 45-year-old accountant who felt that he had been grounded by his company, who felt lonely and rather socially inept, with a 36-year-old teacher who had lost his partner for about a year. As someone who just passed her 35th last year, I felt that...
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