Four Days is the true story of Deidra and Cydney who met and fell in love in October 1989. Cydney shares a formidable and memorable story of two women and their attraction to one another and their undeniable bond. Each of them struggle with inner turmoil, coming to terms with the nature of their relationship, facing opposition from those who tried to tear them apart, and their secret written romance. Both women tried living within the boundaries of traditional values, religious doctrines, marriages, and family. Each struggling to make a decision that would alter the rest of their lives. Would they always be waiting? Or would they find a way to have a life together? Ultimately, their future would be determined by fate. REVIEW of FOUR DAYS - Based on a True Story Post by Bertha Jackson » 23 Oct 2024, 10:02 [Following is an official OnlineBookClub review of "Four Days" by Cindy L. Chatwin.] 5 out of 5 stars Cydney was a 17-year-old high school student when she met Deidra, a 29-year-old married woman who worked at West Valley Dental, where Cydney had a part-time job. Their immediate attraction to each other confuses them as it develops into them wanting more from it. Their love for each other goes against everything and everyone they know: family, friends, and the Mormon religion. What follows is a profound struggle between pleasing others or themselves amid restrictions of others and responsibilities of their own. Will they find happiness and love with each other against all odds? Are they soulmates? Will fate bring them together? A beautiful and honest love story about a love that many religions and people forbid because they do not understand, as it goes against all the beliefs and other teachings they have been taught. Although this book is about lesbian love, it has been tastefully written without any descriptive sexual scenes. I gave this professionally edited book a perfect score of 5 out of 5 stars due to the positive aspects, my reading enjoyment, and the fact that I disliked nothing about this romance novel. It is tastefully written with only a small amount of profanity. This beautiful love story is for readers who are open-minded about same-sex relationships. Although the Mormon Church and its beliefs play a role in this book, it is still suitable for anyone because their beliefs are not preached to the reader. They are just facts. REVIEW of FOUR DAYS Audrey Cooper, Editor and Content Manager September 11, 2024 "In the iconic file, Breakfast at Tiffany's , the male protagonist, Paul Varjak - a writer - writes a book called Nine Lives which the Times' book review described as "sensitive, promising, intensely felt prose." Cindy L. Chatwin's book Four Days is nothing less than that. It is not just a love story spanning decades but a celebration of two souls that were meant to be together, against all odds, as enjoined by fate itself. The way Chatwin has narrated this tale, inspired by true events, will take you through a sea - nay an ocean of emotions - akin to what the protagonist, Cydney and the love of her life Deidra felt throughout their relationship. The author masterfully manages to evoke happiness, sadness, anger, frustration, confusion, but most of all longing for your beloved as you put yourself in her shoes and relive the times when you went through something similar. Throughout the story, one finds themselves waiting for the end to see if love does indeed conquer all or if it's just a hoax perpeuated by romance films and fictional novels. In the age, where the LGBTQA movement has made so many people feel seen, this book is a valuable contribution to it, highlighting struggles two women had to face for one simple face: They loved each other. Although one can go on and on about this exquisitely written novel, if there was one more word one could add to the aforementioned Times' review to describe Four Days better, it would be 'sensorial'." READER VIEWS Review of Four Days - Based on a True Story 5 out of 5 stars - Emotionally charged memoir about the unbreakable bond of love Reviewed by Stephanie Elizabeth Long (12/20) Can love truly conquer all? Deidra and Cydney will find out in this emotionally driven memoir about the joy of falling in love and the anguish of being separated due to faith and family commitments. After a secret rendezvous and four blissful days together, Cydney's painful departure from her beloved Deidra is more than she can bear. How can she return to her life in Salt Lake when her heart is in California? During her flight back home, Cydney relfects on their tumultuous albeit passionate, relationship that began seventeen years earlier. Determined to live by the teachings of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, seventeen-year-old Cydney feels conflicted about her feelings for much older Deidra. She becomes deeply in love with a married woman, who is also a member of the church. What ensues is a whirlwind relationship of stolen moments, long periods of s