Heres a look at GIRLS OF SUMMER: (ALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIO) The last time Ellen O’Brien Markowitz woke up in a man’s bed it was three weeks before her wedding and the man on the next pillow was her fiancé. A very temporary situation, as it turned out. She could still see Bryan propped up against the headboard, iPhone in hand, as he patiently read her the list of reasons why it would be better for both of them if they called off the wedding. She was dressed and out the door by the time he reached number eight, his cry of “But there’s more!” ringing in her ears. It wasn’t as if she hadn’t seen it coming, because she had. In fact, she often wondered if she hadn’t chosen him for those very qualities that doomed the marriage before they ever took the vows. That was over four years ago. One thousand six hundred and eighty-five mornings of waking up alone. Not that she was counting, mind you, but numbers like those were hard for a woman to ignore. Would one more solitary morning have tipped the heavenly balance and brought civilization crashing down around her shoulders? Would worlds collide if the Goddess of the Morning After rewound the tape back to last night, to the second before Ellen made her fatal mistake?
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:06:21 +0000