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Do you believe that love can last forever?
Jesse Sienna doesn't. His own parents' marriage was caring, but passionless, and his own romantic history tells him that love burns brightest before fizzling out completely. So when his elderly father, Mickey, moves in with him and seems unable to understand Jesse's no-strings-attached relationship with his current girlfriend, Jesse barely pays attention. It's just another example of how different they are-and more evidence that he and his father will never connect on any meaningful level.
But the truth is, Mickey Sienna knows more about love than most people learn in a lifetime. More than half a century ago, he found the truest love that life can offer. He knows the endless rewards of investing your heart and soul in someone . . . and he knows the devastating costs of letting that perfect someone slip by.
When Mickey sees Jesse taking an extraordinary woman for granted, he decides it's time to tell Jesse his story-a story he's never shared with any of his children before. Over the course of the next few months, Mickey explains his most private and fulfilling moments to his youngest son . . . and forever changes Jesse's perception of love and the possibilities of a lasting relationship.
At once a stirring family drama and a touching romance, The Forever Year is filled with richly drawn characters and powerful situations. You will respond personally to the people you meet in this novel, and you will find yourself deeply enmeshed in their stories. And you might find yourself looking at love in a new way.
- Sales Rank: #5075463 in Books
- Published on: 2003-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.62" h x 1.13" w x 5.78" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
From Booklist
Jesse, youngest son of widower Mickey Sienna, 83, asks his father to move in with him instead of to the assisted-living facility preferred by his siblings. Father and son quickly acclimate to each other's idiosyncrasies, but Jesse's healthy twenty-first-century relationship with his girlfriend, Marina, completely befuddles Mickey. To him, Marina is a rare woman whom Jesse should treasure, but Jesse, still smarting from numerous failed relationships, is not ready to commit. Trying to show Jesse how disastrous it would be for him to lose Marina, Mickey reveals the secret of his first and greatest love. In a series of emotionally draining chapters stretching out over several weeks, Mickey confides his love for Gina, an intelligent, passionate woman to whom he was engaged before her untimely death over 50 years earlier. Jesse realizes how foolish he has been, telling Marina his father was right when he called him a moron. Compelling characters quickly engage the reader in a heartfelt, if somewhat predictable, tale of romance lost and found. Deborah Donovan
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“The Forever Year is a wry, tender, beautifully written novel. . . . Once I started, I couldn’t put it down. With a polished and intimate style, and characters that seem to come from your own family, Ronald Anthony delivers a powerful story that just may change the way you think about love.” —New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas
About the Author
Ronald Anthony lives in southern Connecticut with his wife and three children. He is currently completing his second novel, Crossing the Bridge.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Wonderful first novel - Fans of N. Sparks, take notice!
By JJ Stark
Let me start by saying that Nicholas Sparks is my absolute favorite author. I have read every one of his novels immediately upon their release. Since he usually only publishes one novel per year, I usually spend the rest of the year trying to find another novel to satisfy me as much (or close to as much) as Sparks' books do - - I think I've found this in Ronald Anthony!
I stumbled upon this book by accident, after reading some reviews here on Amazon. After seeing more than one compare this to a Sparks novel, I headed down to my local book store, and immediately picked up a copy to see for myself. I am so glad I did, and can now add Anthony to my list of favorite "new" authors.
Written with so much emotion, I can't imagine anyone reading this book without feeling something.
Three stories are actually told - one of the relationship between an aging father and his youngest son, one of the father's long ago love affair with a woman he just never got over and one of the son's current relationship with a wonderful woman.
Even after marrying another woman and producing four (now grown) children, Mickey never got over the love of his life. Jesse (Mickey's son), is now in a not-so-serious relationship with the beautiful, mesmorizing Marina. Jesse & Marina decide to take their relationship slowly and don't have any plans for a "future." Both have been badly hurt by previous relationships, and rather than run the risk of suffering through that pain again, they both decide to take their relationship one day a time, without any expectations from the other about what direction their relationship is headed. It is this attitude that causes Mickey to share the story of his lost love with Gina - a love story that took place more than 50 years earlier.
All three stories are equally touching and moving, and cannot be read without some type of emotion. As love evolves among all the main characters (Mickey & Gina, Jesse & Marina, Mickey & Jesse), I found myself thinking about the many "loves" in my life. It's very hard not to get emotionally attached to this story as readers of all ages and genders - in all types of relationships - can easily identify with the characters and the choices they make, mistakes that are made, and chances that have been lost. While this is a "love story", it's not simply the story between a man and woman that is told. Fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, boyfriends and girlfriends, mothers and sons, even between two best friends - all of these relationships are covered within this story.
The story flows nicely from chapter to chapter - some chapters are told from the point of view of Mickey, while others are told by Jesse. It's not confusing, however, and readers can easily follow along. I also liked how the story was not very predictable - readers are left guessing what happens right up until the very end - I hate it when a story is so predictable, you're just waiting to get to the part that you already KNOW is going to happen! This isn't the case with this book. While I'm sure readers will figure out part of the story - you won't know the full story until you've read the very least page. There's the perfect amount of light humor involved - I loved how Jesse & Mickey endearingly referred to each other as "Moron" throughout the story!! Instead of envisioning a cranky old man in his early 80s, readers are left with the image of a spunky, fun-loving, light-hearted Mickey. Readers can also see how both Mickey & Jesse grow through the book - each opening the their eyes & hearts to thoughts and feelings that neither one ever thought they'd ever experience. Both father & son learn from each other - both, from their mistakes & accomplishments - and its fun to see each of them evolve through the story; i.e., Jesse loves organic food, gormet coffee, "turkey burgers" - Mickey is set in his ways and just wants a simple cup of coffee and bacon. By the end of the story, both have tried & done things neither would have imagined at the beginning of the book.
I'm so glad I found this book, and decided to give it a try. It was truly a emotional read, one that will be difficult to top in the near future - the new Nicholas Sparks book isn't due to be released until Sept, but at least I had THE FOREVER YEAR to occupy at least some of my reading time til then.
I can't wait to read the next novel from Ronald Anthony - I hope all of his books stay with this theme. If so, he definitely has a dedicated fan in me!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
An outstanding debut novel that teaches about life and love.
By Frederick A. Babb
Jesse, youngest son of widower Mickey Sienna, 83, asks his father to move in with him instead of to the assisted-living facility preferred by his siblings. Father and son quickly acclimate to each other's idiosyncrasies, but Jesse's healthy twenty-first-century relationship with his girlfriend, Marina, completely befuddles Mickey. To him, Marina is a rare woman whom Jesse should treasure, but Jesse, still smarting from numerous failed relationships, is not ready to commit. Trying to show Jesse how disastrous it would be for him to lose Marina, Mickey reveals the secret of his first and greatest love. In a series of emotionally draining chapters stretching out over several weeks, Mickey confides his love for Gina, an intelligent, passionate woman to whom he was engaged before her untimely death over 50 years earlier. Jesse realizes how foolish he has been, telling Marina his father was right when he called him a moron. Compelling characters quickly engage the reader in a heartfelt, if somewhat predictable, tale of romance lost and found.
The Forever Year is a wonderful tale of learning about life from the eyes of experience. Jesse Sienna finds this out when his 83-year old father moves in with him. Jesse, the youngest and unplanned child of Mickey, never had quite the same relationship with his father as his three siblings. He has also had his experiences with love that has left him convinced that each love is doomed to die, thus making him resistant to fully commit to anyone. Thankfully for him, he has met Marina, a beautiful school teacher that has also lost faith in love. Together, they decide to have a relationship based on one day at a time.
When Mickey meets Marina, he becomes fond of her. She reminds him of a lady from his youth, Gina, that up to now none of his children have heard of. Mickey is not fond of that fact that his son is unwilling to commit to Marina and starts to tell him of his own love with Gina before he met Jesse and his siblings' mother. He tells the story to him in little bits over a series of weeks. In the end, Mickey's love affair of 50 years previous is the guiding light in Jesse's own love with Marina.
The author has done an excellent job in going back and forth between first and third person in the story. It reflects two tales in one as Jesse tells the story from his eyes mixed with the author telling the story from beyond Jesse's point of view. A noteworthy novel from this promising new author.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Coffee Mugs on a Kitchen Table; Icons of An Age
By Linda G. Shelnutt
The cozy cover art on THE FOREVER YEAR literally glowed to me; it grabbed my eyes and commanded, "BUY ME!!"
"Yeah, sure," I thought, "The cover's luscious; it's got the homey icons that surge the most vulnerable kind of hope, that the story will live up to the artistic promise of joint coffee mugs and a vase of flowers on a kitchen table by a window..."
The paperback felt too good in my hands; I was actually afraid to read the reviews and synopsis. I replaced the book on the supermarket shelf (that was before I discovered Amazon's wish list and the ease of electronic shopping carts). On a few different occasions, I again picked up the book, gathering faith, before I dropped the paperback into my shopping cart, almost a month later.
I had finally worked through my auto pilot's too-good-to-be-true warning, "A guy writing a sensitive story? He'll probably be one of those Pulitzer Prize gurus who twists readers hearts into wanting to exit through an invisible, clouded sunset, deciding never return to the emptiness, the hopeless horror of Earth."
After finishing the book, I set it down with a gentle reluctance, saturated with awe, admiration, and appreciation that a book could live up to the siren's call of a sensationally soulful cover. I see now why THE FOREVER YEAR is marketed by Amazon as comparing to the novels of top-of-the-line female authors, including Delinsky's FLIRTING WITH PETE.
Anthony is a true male, no doubts about that; yet his writing softens raw realism with a healing grace, exposing with crystal clarity and compassion the visceral levels of life and intimacy in the present day emotional labyrinth. The generation gaps (there are at least two) between Jesse Sienna and his dad, Mickey, are delightfully portrayed through generously disbursed treats of hilarious, heart warming, on target dialogue between this superbly sarcastic father and son. I laughed out loud so often I was getting tired having to stop reading to explain to my husband what was so funny.
I fell in love with father and son, though Mickey was definitely wiser than the loveably strutting, yet genuinely sensitive Jesse, who thought he was so beyond his father in relationship sophistication. Anthony portrays the dichotomous psychological set of these males with the skill of a psychiatrist wielding the talent of a seasoned wordsmith, who has lived lifetimes beyond textbooks and writing seminars. Moreover, Anthony is such a natural artist, his drama, description, and dialogue flow effortlessly. The reader doesn't notice how skillful the execution of the novel is until he's finished reading it and has enjoyed a few weeks of the story rambling pleasantly through leisure thoughts.
Anthony doesn't develop characters, he traps real people into books. If anyone ever hypothesized that authors are creative, mind-over-matter, Beings-in-training, Anthony would stack the evidence with his ability to paint reality on paper, better yet, a reality worth living.
This book had several gifts for me, even beyond the experience of reading an entertaining work of escape fiction with rare cathartic depth. In a sense, all these gifts coalesce for me into this fact:
The existence of this novel exposed to me that TOR, the publisher of THE FOREVER YEAR, is expanding with the market, actively opening its doors to serious, accomplished writers offering the type of polished manuscripts which will feed the evolving needs of the reading public, manuscripts exactly like the collection I've been sitting on for two decades.
With Regards & Best Wishes,
Linda G. Shelnutt
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