Ghosted is the latest absorbing love story from Rosie Walsh, who has previously written under the name of Lucy Robinson. Ghosted is the tale of two people finding love, falling in love trying to recover after losing love. Only the phone call that is meant to reconnect them is never made. Their time is cut short by a long planned holiday overseas, but both vow to reconnect upon return. A thirty something couple meet and spend six unforgettable days together. Ghosted is a new novel that presents a love story with quite a twist. What do you do when you finally discover you’re right? That there is a reason – and that reason is the one thing you didn’t share with each other? Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they’re wrong: something must have happened there must be a reason for his silence. So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything. Imagine you meet a man, spend seven glorious days together, and fall in love.
The story’s heartwarming conclusion makes this book a solid beach read, but don’t miss its sly message: Technology may make it easier to connect, but it’s up to us to bridge the gaps that it creates.If you’ve ever found yourself waiting for a call that didn’t come, Ghosted by Rosie Walsh is the book for you. Interspersed with texts, posts, and personal letters, reading Ghosted gives you the same feeling of sinful gratification as snooping through someone else’s Facebook messages (and, really, who can resist that?). Is he simply not returning her calls? Or has something terrible happened to him, leaving him injured … or worse? As Sarah races to uncover the truth, what unfolds is a tale of heartbreaking irony, existential agony, and the inexorable power of love. Ghosted tells the story of Sarah and Eddie, who, after a whirlwind, weeklong romance, make plans to reunite in a week’s time. And I can’t think of a book that better captures the madness of this first-world, twenty-first century torment than Ghosted, a triumphant debut with the twists of a mystery and the coy charm of a romance novel.
I shudder to think what our devices (not to mention the internet) have done to us, but alas, here we are.
I was married and retired from the dating scene by the time the term “ghosted” entered our lexicon, but I'm no stranger to the righteous indignation of receiving a read receipt but no reply.
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