Erik et Daisy, Acte 2 : Solo

Résumé

Dans Prélude, le chemin parcouru par Erik Fiskare vers l’amour, la guérison et le pardon a su vous toucher, mais a aussi laissé des questions en suspens. Dans Solo, c’est au tour de Daisy de vous raconter son histoire.

Il y a trois ans, une seule erreur de jugement a coûté l’amour de sa vie à Daisy. Erik était son âme sœur, mais il a choisi de couper tout contact, refusant de lui adresser la parole ou de parler de sa trahison. Seule et détruite, Daisy essaye d’assumer la responsabilité de ses actes tout en se construisant une carrière de danseuse professionnelle à New-York. Mais Daisy est hantée par des flash-back de la fusillade, et elle se laisse bientôt submerger par ses tourments et sa culpabilité.

Entre souvenirs de Lancaster et sa vie actuelle, les années passent et Daisy se crée une belle vie pleine de danse et d’amitié qui la laissent pourtant seule face à cette vieille pensée : Reviens-moi.

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"What I feel has no name..."

Suanne Laqueur's award-winning debut novel The Man I Love thrilled readers with its memorable characters and depth of emotion. Erik Fiskare's journey of love, recovery and forgiveness captivated hearts but also left questions unanswered. Now Daisy Bianco has a chance to tell her story.

It's been three years since a single lapse of judgment cost Daisy the love of her life. Erik was a conduit to her soul but now he's chosen a path of total disconnection, refusing to speak to her or acknowledge her betrayal. Alone and shattered, Daisy attempts to take responsibility for her actions while building her career as a professional dancer in New York City. But Erik's unforgiving estrangement proves too much for her strength. Plagued by flashbacks to the Lancaster shootings, she falls into a dangerous spiral of self-harm, cutting into her own skin as a means to atone. Only the timely appearance of an old friend, John "Opie" Quillis, saves her from self-destruction and gives her a chance to love again.

Laqueur skillfully weaves flashbacks to the college years with Daisy's present life. Supported by John's patient affection, she works to separate her evolution as an adult from the unresolved guilt and grief of her youth. As her professional accomplishments lift her out of depression, Daisy learns to hold onto her accountability without letting it become her identity. Years pass and she builds a beautiful life filled with dance and friends. Lovers come and eventually go, leaving her on her own with the old thought: Come back to me.

In this parallel narrative, Laqueur peels open the beloved characters from The Man I Love to reveal new and complex layers of vulnerability. The scars from the shooting are deep and pervasive within this circle of friends. Like Daisy, they are trying to evolve without being fully resolved. But when questions from the past go unheeded, you alone must find and give your answers true.