Goodbye Emily by Michael Murphy


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This book was very touching! It is basically about how you CAN fall for someone you never would have expected. Along with this love, the bonds of friendship are so strong and descriptive it is touching. When these three friends sort of pair off and Walt sort of gets stuck with Emily  he isn’t  thrilled but by the next day he is waist deep in love. The friends that you have that you are lucky enough to keep form such a bond they are physically separated but still manage to always be connected. Here are some of my fave quotes.

“Let’s make a vow and shake on it.” I offered my right hand and placed Emily’s on top of mine. Josh set a hand on Emily’s and Buck placed his on top of Josh’s. We repeated the sequence. With eight hands together, I nodded toward the stage. “Let’s promise each other one day we’ll come back to Woodstock.”

Tears slid down my face as I sorted through the guilt over the pain I caused Buck and Josh, my deception of Cloe and my loss of Emily.

“The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.” Culpepper’s pride seemed shaken, but he faced us and crossed both arms, giving his best Mussolini pose. “There are still a number of other charges pending—possession of marijuana, illegal flight …” “Don’t forget speeding,” I added. District Attorney Houston stepped forward. (This is where I was laughing so hard because they must have looked so pathetic)

“Those occurred within my jurisdiction, Mr. Culpepper. Sullivan County has dropped all charges, including an assault complaint filed and withdrawn by one Darrell Thompson.” Culpepper took another look out the window at the media circus that waited, as if imagining what might have been. “I might consider a plea bargain.” Buck sneered. “Fuck your plea deal.” “No plea bargain,” Cloe insisted. “All charges get dropped or I go out to the parking lot and explain to those reporters how you pursued a case against a Lawrenceville businessman and decorated veteran and a retired Milton College professor with permission to take an Alzheimer’s patient back to Woodstock.” Culpepper let out a ragged sigh of resignation. “You win, Ms. Ellington. This time.” He locked eyes with me. “I watched my grandfather die of Alzheimer’s, Mr. Ellington.

 

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