After Twenty-Five Years.
A contest entry10 total reviews
Comment from Liz O'Neill
What a great ironic ending. The reader will be invited to identify with Nancy's brother, others, with Nancy. What great debate fodder. Another issue here could be debated here is the possibility of Nancy having the Stockholm Syndrome. Women have been known to marry their rapist. It is a very powerful psychological trick of the mind and heart. Well planned.
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2021
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What a great ironic ending. The reader will be invited to identify with Nancy's brother, others, with Nancy. What great debate fodder. Another issue here could be debated here is the possibility of Nancy having the Stockholm Syndrome. Women have been known to marry their rapist. It is a very powerful psychological trick of the mind and heart. Well planned.
Comment Written 29-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2021
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Thank you so much Liz for your great comments, I actually didn't think of Stockholm Syndrome, great thinking.
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Here's a link from my web page
https://www.angelfire.com/vt/rcwn/Pagetwentyeight.html
Comment from lyenochka
Oh, what a theme of the effects of drunk driving! The one accident killed their parents but the driver was able to change completely that Nancy could not only forgive but marry him. It must have been this sense of restoration that brought the runaway brother back home.
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2020
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Oh, what a theme of the effects of drunk driving! The one accident killed their parents but the driver was able to change completely that Nancy could not only forgive but marry him. It must have been this sense of restoration that brought the runaway brother back home.
Comment Written 25-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2020
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Thank you so much Helen for reading, reviewing and your great comments.
Comment from nor84
I wanted to give you a heads-up. You used 'has' instead of 'had' stood still in the required sentence. There's still plenty of time to fix that. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 01-Jul-2020
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I wanted to give you a heads-up. You used 'has' instead of 'had' stood still in the required sentence. There's still plenty of time to fix that. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 30-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 01-Jul-2020
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Wow, thank you so much for reading, reviewing, your great comments, finding the correction and of course the good luck wishes.
Oh I will fix that in a moment.
Comment from Iza Deleanu
This story is what I call the circle of life, that brings forgiveness and hope for a new begging - Now she was marrying Isabel's brother, Ted, the drunk driver who had been responsible for his parent's death. He had been sober since that day.
Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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This story is what I call the circle of life, that brings forgiveness and hope for a new begging - Now she was marrying Isabel's brother, Ted, the drunk driver who had been responsible for his parent's death. He had been sober since that day.
Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
Comment Written 30-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you Ikza for reading, reviewing, your great comments and the good luck wishes.
Comment from BethShelby
Nicely written. It's ironic that she would marry the drunk driver who had killed her parents but I the accident made enough difference that he gave up drinking, so it would seem he deserved a second chance.
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Nicely written. It's ironic that she would marry the drunk driver who had killed her parents but I the accident made enough difference that he gave up drinking, so it would seem he deserved a second chance.
Comment Written 30-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you Beth for reading, reviewing, your great comments.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is an ironic story, very inventive and filled with a lot of sadness and also forgiveness, a clever write where sobriety wins the day and lessons are learned, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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This is an ironic story, very inventive and filled with a lot of sadness and also forgiveness, a clever write where sobriety wins the day and lessons are learned, love Dolly x
Comment Written 30-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you for reading, reviewing and your great comments.
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
What an ending, Mystery Author. I don't see how that could possibly work for real (no offense to your writing here--it is great). You handled the prompt well. Your words are descriptive and your characters believable. Thanks for sharing and best wishes.
Respectfully, Jan
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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What an ending, Mystery Author. I don't see how that could possibly work for real (no offense to your writing here--it is great). You handled the prompt well. Your words are descriptive and your characters believable. Thanks for sharing and best wishes.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 29-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you Jan for reading, reviewing, your great comments and the good luck wishes.
Comment from thorney
Hi there,
A well written and interesting tale. I wondered about Isabel. She enters the story late as Ted's sister, why? Is she Nancy's best friend. or was she his old girlfriend? Without being either. she seems surplice to the story.
Good luck in the contest.
Regards Pete.
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Hi there,
A well written and interesting tale. I wondered about Isabel. She enters the story late as Ted's sister, why? Is she Nancy's best friend. or was she his old girlfriend? Without being either. she seems surplice to the story.
Good luck in the contest.
Regards Pete.
Comment Written 29-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you Pete for reading, reviewing, your great comments and the good luck wishes. Isabel is both his old girlfriend and Ted's sister.
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This story has well shown the importance of nostalgia and promotes the thought how man can change at certain events; well said, well done; enjoyed the read; thank you for sharing this and wish you good luck in the Contest. Keep writing. ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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This story has well shown the importance of nostalgia and promotes the thought how man can change at certain events; well said, well done; enjoyed the read; thank you for sharing this and wish you good luck in the Contest. Keep writing. ALCREATOR
Comment Written 29-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you for reading, reviewing, your great comments and the good luck wishes.
Comment from Jacob David Collins
There is quite a lot of horror in this piece for one family to go through. You kept me engaged with your writing and I thought it flowed well. I couldn't find anything to critique. Good luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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There is quite a lot of horror in this piece for one family to go through. You kept me engaged with your writing and I thought it flowed well. I couldn't find anything to critique. Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 29-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2020
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Thank you Jacob for reading, reviewing, your great comments and the good luck wishes.
