by Onuoha Joy
Love is often said to be blind, but what happens when love is also deaf to the gentle whispers of conscience and dumb to the screams of reason? When does passion become a justification for deceit and desire a rationale for betrayal? The book “Pickett’s Dream” by Christopher Carlisle, on the one hand, dissects the toxic dynamics of romantic relationships built on ego and control, and on the other hand, examines the limits that genuine love can stretch a person to.
Brooke Adams, as the first-person narrator, narrates the story of his friend Athena Van Fleet, who had linked up with an old friend from college at her sister’s wedding. This old friend was, surprisingly, the priest at the wedding. Ted Talbot, a tennis champion and Athena’s husband, was a possessive and yet adulterous individual who couldn’t stand the sight of men around his wife, not especially the new guy in town, John Pickett, the priest. As fate would have it, Athena had a special romantic connection with Pickett from the old days that was reignited by seeing him again, a connection she’d never felt with Ted. Using her influence, she made Pickett a rector at a very wealthy parish in Newport. When Pickett suddenly purchases a five-million-dollar mansion in Newport, eyebrows are raised, his source of sudden wealth is questioned, and jealousy sets in, especially with Ted seeing how close Athena was to Pickett.
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