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CAN LOVE BE TRADED LIKE A COMMODITY?
Short of Love is a satirical story about the unrequited love of an engineer for a psychologist, when they meet at university. When their dating commences, monogamy is expected, but could polygamy be tolerated for a time? Is it acceptable for him to have another casual relationship, commodifying and delaying theirs? Should she disclose to him her other dates? What if they both continue to play the field?
Their relationship is suspended when something deeply shocking occurs. The relationship continues, despite lack of trust for each other. What questions could she want to ask him? Would she question him on a lie detector if she could? Could his answers jeopardize their relationship? What questions should she not ask? Could the relationship be postponed until their circumstances change?
He pursues an ambitious career in Canada while she stays in the UK and they see each other briefly at long intervals. He marries and has children, but divorces. When the children grow up and leave home, he attempts to join Vicki in the UK. Her activism against his company clashes with his corporate CEO job, but they are united by kindred interest in avoiding a disaster in a developing country. Will they get back together?
‘Short of Love’ is a love story with a satirical complication and an unrelenting pace leading to an unexpected conclusion.
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CAN LOVE BE COMMODIFIED?
Tom and Vicki meet at university in Liverpool in the Beatles era. When she tricks him into being tested on a lie detector, her questions are intrusive and he loses trust in her, but becomes obsessively in love with this capricious feline.
To escape being distracted from his studies by her, he suspends being with her until he can complete his course of studies. This is satirised as a short trade in a commodity. Dealing in love as a commodity lands him in trouble with her.
The novel Short of Love is a humorous semi-autobiographical troubled romance.
When his studies are completed, he tries to take up with Vicki again. He doesn’t succeed immediately because he is in Canada working as an engineer. He keeps in touch with her and is successful in his job, becoming CEO of the company that exploits a developing country, Vicki opposes him. This is an exciting romance based on true events. Will Vicki and Tom ever trust each other and resolve their differences?
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Short of Love coming mid 2019
Tom Archer falls for university student Vicki Hillstone, who tricks him with a lie detector test and finds out he is bedding town girl Barbara. Tom frames a straddle in the commodity love, going long on Barbara and short on Vicki, to reduce his overall vulnerability and get back together with her later, as he follows a glittering career in the petroleum industry. Tom’s carefully calculated plans fall apart tragically, with Tom and Vicki’s roles changing from the 1960s to 2008. After their traumatic beginning, can they ever become a couple?
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