The Reunion

David and Bridget meet at a twenty-five year school reunion. Neither of them had been a member of the in-crowd at school and on the evidence of the reunion, their social standing hasn’t improved since then.

Disengaged from the other party-goers, David develops a teenagesque passion for Bridget who manages to draw out details of David’s difficult recent past. However, she is reluctant to reveal anything about her own background or current life.

This humorous contemporary novel traces the development of the relationship between David and Bridget. There are many obstacles including a demanding soon to be ex-wife; a deceased husband; a tyrannical new boss; encounters with the police; and children struggling to get used to the new state of affairs. In addition to planning how to hitch up with Bridget, David sets out to fulfil his dream of opening an arts café.

(For a short while this novel was entitled 'A Street Cafe Named Desire')

R J Gould is the author of ‘The Engagement Party’ and ‘Domestic Blisslessness’.