Jack and Jill went downhill: A funny, poignant story about love & second chances
by R J GouldPublish: May 01, 2016Contemporary RomanceWomen's Fiction
Book Overview
They think they have it all. Then it starts to go wrong.
Freshers Big Party Night and it’s love at first sight.
There’s passing amusement when they discover that their names are those of the nursery rhyme, but the connection with the children’s story is long forgotten as the relationship thrives during their ... university years.
Life isn’t quite as comfortable when studies are over and they start work, Jill teaching in a rundown part of London and Jack trading derivatives and futures in the City.
They fail to recognise that their lives are replicating the nursery rhyme plot as misdemeanours result in Jack falling down. Before long, Jill is tumbling after.
Their marriage is on the rocks. Can it survive?
“The characters are real and believable and there’s lots of humour to lighten the darker moments.”
“A story about trust, resilience, forgiveness and fresh starts, narrated with humour and insight. It kept my interest hooked and made me smile all the way through. A great read!”read more
BIOGRAPHY I write contemporary fiction about relationships using a mix of wry humour and pathos to describe the tragi-comic life journeys of my characters. I have been published by Headline Accent and Lume Books and I also self-publish. Before becoming a full-time author I worked in the education and charity sectors.
In a... ddition to an addiction to telling stories, I have milder addictions to playing tennis, watching film noir, completing Wordle and eating dried mango slices.
I live in Cambridge, England.read more