Vector, a Modern Love Story, is told as a doctor’s experience with his patients in New York City, their intertwined lives and loves. The doctor balances concern for his patients’ health with conflicting emotions as he discovers the connections between them. Two of his patients’ lives collide unexpectedly in a tragic affair; a young opera student Eva, and her mentor Michael, a successful older man. Michael runs a philanthropic Foundation for healthcare along with the doctor, based in New York City and in South Africa. Eva knows that Michael fascinates her, but she does not know that he is a dangerous man. Pursuing her desire for Michael as she matures from student to woman, Eva confuses dramatic opera fantasies with reality. She impulsively acts out her dreams at The Foundation Benefit Ball hosted by Michael and the doctor, in the city. As her singing career blossoms over the following weeks, she uncovers the secrets of Michael’s past. The hidden dangers of loving Michael come to light, forcing both Eva and the doctor to search for hope beyond their love for Michael.
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"The prose sucks you in, and doesn't let go till the last page. This novel should be required reading." - Lillian Rodriguez, actor, New York.
"Well written and a little bit frightening." - Mike Macartney, engineer, California.
"Absolutely a MUST READ!" - Laura LME, poet, Milan.
"Well written and a little bit frightening." - Mike Macartney, engineer, California.
"Absolutely a MUST READ!" - Laura LME, poet, Milan.
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If you have never lost someone you love, then maybe this isn't the story for you. But if you have, as many of us have, and I have, then stay awhile with me. I'll tell you the story of a woman and the man she loved. I'll call them Eva and Michael. It was their doctor, Emanuel Victor, who told me their story and asked me to share it with you.
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Author J.J.Brown was born in the Catskill Mountain region of New York and has lived in New York City for two decades. She has published novels, short stories and poems. J.J.Brown was a research scientist before turning to fiction writing. She completed a PhD in genetics and her research is published in leading science and education journals.
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“ Eva, a young opera student learning the role of the beautiful seamstress in La Boheme, is in love with Michael, a philanthropist who runs an AIDS foundation. ”
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By LauraLME
Format:Paperback
I have read this book various times, and every time, I see, find and imagine something different about each character, hoping there will be a sequel... I absolutely love the cultural breath, the environment, the atmosphere made of theatre scent and opera sounds, the poetry in it, coexisting with the terrible news of life-changing diseases and the dark shadows of death... But at the same time I am pulled right into the story again, enjoying the moods, the feelings and the unpredictable, smooth, precise way, J.J. is able to write about pain, love and hope.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In Puccini's La Boheme, a beautiful seamstress falls in love with a poet, is rejected by the poet and dies of TB in the poet's garret apartment, despite the efforts of her best friend to obtain needed medicine. In JJ Brown's novella, life imitates art. Eva, a young opera student learning the role of the beautiful seamstress in La Boheme, is in love with Michael, a philanthropist who runs an AIDS foundation.
Due, in part, to their twenty year age difference, the philanthropist is not interested in her as a lover, but the young virgin pursues him and takes advantage of Michael while he is blacked out from drinking. When he awakens in the morning and discovers what he has done, Michael runs to Africa on the pretext of visiting the hospitals his foundation funds and disappears.
In the weeks that follow, Eva discovers that Michael's interest in AIDs is more than one of a noblesse oblige passed on to him by his wealthy family. Eva seeks medical help and attempts to find Michael. Over time, the young woman becomes involved in the HIV/AIDs community in an effort to heal herself and to forgive Michael.
Will she find the man she still loves and confess her transgression? Or is Michael lost in the heart of darkness?
In an era of declining mortalities and new and potent medications, HIV/AIDs has taken a back seat to other, more dramatic tales in the news. These medications have arrested the deadly epidemic and controlled the disease; however, the treatment has its own insidious price to pay. This beautifully written and moving novella is not an easy read. It is a cautionary tale about not being complacent about this disease and about the tragic consequences of poor choices, even ones made in the name of love.
Due, in part, to their twenty year age difference, the philanthropist is not interested in her as a lover, but the young virgin pursues him and takes advantage of Michael while he is blacked out from drinking. When he awakens in the morning and discovers what he has done, Michael runs to Africa on the pretext of visiting the hospitals his foundation funds and disappears.
In the weeks that follow, Eva discovers that Michael's interest in AIDs is more than one of a noblesse oblige passed on to him by his wealthy family. Eva seeks medical help and attempts to find Michael. Over time, the young woman becomes involved in the HIV/AIDs community in an effort to heal herself and to forgive Michael.
Will she find the man she still loves and confess her transgression? Or is Michael lost in the heart of darkness?
In an era of declining mortalities and new and potent medications, HIV/AIDs has taken a back seat to other, more dramatic tales in the news. These medications have arrested the deadly epidemic and controlled the disease; however, the treatment has its own insidious price to pay. This beautifully written and moving novella is not an easy read. It is a cautionary tale about not being complacent about this disease and about the tragic consequences of poor choices, even ones made in the name of love.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Michael is a wealthy middle-aged philanthropist with a passion for culture and leading his Foundation, supporting the alleviation of HIV, Aids and TB for sufferers in Africa. Eva is a young talented student of opera, trying to come to terms with understanding her deep love for Michael and accepting his worsening health problem. This book takes you through an enthralling but tangled journey of events and interactions of the two protagonists with others, some close, some distant, as each circles the other, as if in a dream, to confront and assuage their true feelings. The journey commences with the interaction between Eva's first professional performances in La Bohème and Michael's Foundation party and each battling to contain their own inner demons continuing with unexpected consequences brought on from both situations. Vector means carrier in Latin and in Mathematics is defined by both size and direction, as the novel explores, in depth, the love, pain and hope flowing from unforeseen circumstances which Eva and Michael try desperately to control for their own survival.
I thoroughly enjoyed Vector which is by far the best piece of work, for ages, which has kept me both challenged and enthralled from beginning to end. The particular style of J J Brown's writing uniquely brings alive the torment, emotion, pain and despair of not only Eva and Michael but in consequence and complexity, their friends and colleagues too. The devastating impact and betrayal on lives of a life-threatening disease is vividly and sensitively handled around the central love story with all the implications expertly woven into the ongoing plot.... Read more ›
I thoroughly enjoyed Vector which is by far the best piece of work, for ages, which has kept me both challenged and enthralled from beginning to end. The particular style of J J Brown's writing uniquely brings alive the torment, emotion, pain and despair of not only Eva and Michael but in consequence and complexity, their friends and colleagues too. The devastating impact and betrayal on lives of a life-threatening disease is vividly and sensitively handled around the central love story with all the implications expertly woven into the ongoing plot.... Read more ›
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Ohio
Format:Paperback
A fresh perspective on first love and a testament to the adage that the thrill of "youth is wasted on the young". I love the suggestion that this be included on school reading lists.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Eva is a young rising opera student in New York City performing in La bohème, which seems to draw parallels to her own life. In this instance the frame story narrative structure works well to enhance the story. Eva is in love with Michael, a middle aged philanthropist. Michael and his close friend, physician Emanuel Victor operate a healthcare foundation based in New York City and South Africa. In this tale much of the content pertains to tuberculosis, disease, and illness, but mainly HIV, shedding a light on the HIV/AIDS global epidemic. J.J. Brown's scientific background enables her to delve into meticulous detail regarding various sicknesses, all while not losing the reader. As its title suggests it's "A Modern Love Story." However it contains elements of tragedy, suspense, and mystery, amongst others. To classify it in one specific genre would be erroneous. Vector features a cast of characters whose lives are intertwined. Tension mounts as we discover their secrets, and the impact they have on one another's lives. What makes this novel work is how the author takes an eclectic dramatis personae and brings about an array of emotions, that both you and the characters experience, a feat not easily achieved. Feel the pain, feel the love, feel the hope.
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