Do You Believe in Always

This “fictional memoir” starts with the epic tale of Ben and Anna, two lovers separated by time, distance, and space. And ends with … well what is an end, anyway?

Anna was born in the 50’s, did high school in the 60’s, and partied in the 70’s – ok, and the 80’s … and maybe the 90’s (think deviant sex, hard drugs, and rock ‘n roll), while spending a not inconsiderable amount of time in the search for a good man.

Three husbands and a dozen lovers later, she is still looking for The One who displays honesty, integrity, emotional maturity, morality, respect for his partner, and who maintains fidelity when he has promised it. He loves you AND he likes you. He is non-judgmental, and his partner always feels absolutely safe.

But were you to believe this is a Disney-like fairytale with a happilyforeverafter ending, you would be very wrong. Think Grimm’s. There are trolls under every bridge, giants in the woods, and the witch always – always – wins.

“Nici Damon writes the deepest and most emotionally-charged thoughts on the edge of the razor blade and dares her readers to look closer. Her words and phrases probe my memory banks and re-ignite sparks I thought were extinguished years ago. To say Nici is a gifted writer is to be the cliché she is not. Her words slice so swiftly and surgically that I tend to hold my breath as I read them. Despite the potential to draw blood, my eyes race ahead to see the next thing that came into her head. Reading Nici Damon is a dangerous delight. Her characters are so real I can almost smell their breath.” -John Hoover, New York Times Best-selling Author

An obviously fanciful woman of a certain age who, realizing life was getting short (and absorbed in her own story), called upon everything she ever did or dreamed about to create a first novel. Probably from a small town in the Midwest, raised by a bi-polar mother, married young, then more than once or even twice, mother of one child, survivor of cancer and Hepatitis C, and proficient at a couple of non-carnal passions like swing dancing and sailing.

Her childhood bucket list included graduating from college, finding Mr. Right, having a loving child (none of which worked out so well), traveling the world, and writing a book that one stranger would buy (adjusted for inflation to twenty-five).