"The Necklace," was inspired by actual events. It is a narrative composed of two individual love stories linked together by a special gift. A story of the past in which two young people discover love more than sixty years ago: and in the present, a soon to be a married couple, tormented by tragedy, attempting to get the past behind them. These couples will find their lives forever altered through a simple introduction and the discovery of long-forgotten memories. Told in a series of flashbacks, you will see how this young love of the past has remarkably affected the couple's anxiety and fears of the present. Faye and her daughter Pat are still coming to terms with the loss of Faye's husband three years ago in an auto accident in which Pat survived while her father perished. Pat's guilt borne out of her survival has caused her to continuously postpone her wedding. Through her passion for estate sales, Pat's mother finds an unexpected treasure; a beautiful Pearl necklace. Curiosity leads her and her daughter and fiancé Greg, on a search in which they learn Charlotte's boyfriend Daniel, had given her the gift of this necklace on her sixteenth birthday some sixty-three years ago. In flashbacks, we discover the story behind the necklace and uncover the life and innermost thoughts and desires of two young people falling in love. During their quest for insight into the love affair of Charlotte and Daniel, we learn why Pat is afraid of marriage. It is the recognition of the parallel between Daniel's gift of the necklace and her father's final words avowing his gift of love that heals her pain. "The Necklace" celebrates love and all its forms in a simple and unabashed way. This book will make you fall in love with love all over again.