Chasing Life

Dave couldn’t imagine his life without Julia, his love for her is an obsession. When she’s diagnosed with a dilapidating disease their plans and ambitions are shattered. Julia’s prognosis is bleak and her body withers away at a shocking pace — time is running out and there’s nothing they can do. In an attempt to ease her suffering Dave agrees to fulfil Julia four wishes: to relive the moment from their first encounter, visit the lavender fields where they first made love, watch the sunrise for the last time, and her final wish — to go home.

Three years pass since Julia’s death and Dave is no closer to letting go. Work is a monotonous routine and life is a constant reminder of his wife. One day, a friend inspires him to change and he does so, in a drastic manner. Dave quits his accounting job, sells everything he owns and farewells his loyal friends Mike and Amy. The first destination is Hong Kong. Why? He doesn’t know nor does he care. Decisions are made spontaneously and at the spur of the moment.

The adventure begins while getting drunk with an eccentric American aboard a flight to Hong Kong. Once he arrives in this amazing city a rollercoaster ride of a night leads him to nightclub owner, Sam, the cool and charismatic Australian. Sam gives him an insight of Hong Kong’s VIP world and a party scene he has only seen in movies. And it’s his open mindedness that takes him to Erin, the beautiful student from America.

The stunning Erin is a mysterious girl. He’s intrigued by her and she gives him an opportunity to join her, in Paris. On his way to a new adventure he meets a crazy Frenchman, becomes intoxicated by the beauty of Paris, constantly questions his motives, his moral boundaries are tested and is robbed of all his earnings.

Like a drug addict, sooner or later Dave has to crash. This novel is about the tragedies of one man’s life, how external factors impact him and the strength he finds to understand it all.

National Library of Australia CiP

Author: Jovanoski, Steve, author.

Title: Chasing life / Steve Jovanoski (author) ; Alison Hiew (editor).

ISBN: 9780987366627 (ebook)

Subjects: Widowers--Fiction.

Other Authors/Contributors: Hiew, Alison, editor.

Dewey Number: A823.4

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