GOODBYE for NOW-Love Means Never Having to Say Goodbye

Amer. novelist Laurie Frankel has written a captivating story that grapples with love, loss and the ramifications of finding a lost loved once again.  Sam & Meredith are 2 young techies who find each other through an on-line site Sam designed to find you your perfect mate.  Sam's brilliant programming pairs him with Meredith.  Their relationship quickly builds into a love that "outweighs everything else."  The heart wants what the heart wants.  When Meredith's beloved grandmother dies suddently, she is lost in the throes of grief.  Sam wishes only to comfort Meredith. Meredith wishes if only she could speak with her beloved grandmother once.  Sam figures out a computer program that allows Meredith to communicate with her grandma.  Sam designs an algorithm using a person's chat histories, text messages & blog postings enabling a virtual, visual communication that reaches beyond the grave.  Frankel's sensitive and intelligent novel views the miraculous ability to remain connected with your dearly departed.  The dark side of this technology is also viewed as unethical, cruel, selfish, disrespectful.  Has Sam helped ease the tragedy of dying or exacerbated the pain of loss & interfered with the essential grieving process.  Perhaps too much time is being spent in a virtual instead of striving to bridge the gap between human hearts.  Love & loss are linked.    GOODBYE for NOW is an enriching read for the mind, the heart & soul.