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760 Days to Freedom ... synopsis

“What if letters exchanged between a young Danish girl and an Englishman laid to rest inside a trunk in the late eighties were brought to life thirty years after?

Having preserved the senders’ distinctive body scents, could they be forever forgotten?

And what do they say now?”

This Epistolary dialogic novel reveals how the woman’s choice changes the fate of so many people.

As their story evolved over 760 days and nights, could one of her relationships survive the emotions created for them all?

On Thursday the 17th September 1987, Summer boarded a Danish ferry for a ninety-minute journey to return home from boarding school to see her childhood sweetheart, Steen. In the ship’s cafeteria, she met Robert, who was touring Scandinavia with an English pop-rock group.

His first words to her as she applied her nail varnish were “May I sit here?” Thus, began a story that would change their and other lives ad infinitum!

What if he had not?

The letters convey infatuation, emotional heartbreak, immense happiness, loneliness, fantasies, insecurities, fears, angst, and forlorn hope!

Did his first question bring all of this upon them both?

The late eighties were not a time for social media that the internet has supported these past eighteen years for everyday communication.

Leah Thomas, author of Because You’ll Never Meet Me and Nowhere Near Me, wrote “When you receive a letter, you are receiving a part of a person. Not just their handwriting, but something they’ve handled. A licked envelope smeared in ink. A trace of perfume. Something touched. Proof of another person’s existence, real evidence of thoughts, friendship. And maybe, sometimes, evidence of love.”