Love Through an Unlucky Destiny: New book details a heart-wrenching story of love and fate

Added: (Thu Apr 17 2003)

Pressbox (Press Release) - SEVILLE, Spain – William Shakespeare’s “star-crossed lovers” suffered the torment of unfortunate twists of fate in “Romeo and Juliet.” Likewise, for the main characters of Unforgettable (now available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble) that offers the story of a couple bound with love but burdened with an unlucky destiny. But this heartbreaking novel by new author Frederick A. Babb has a positive outcome with proceeds from his book being donated to the American Cancer Society.
Charles Marshall, in his first year of high school, shyly writes a note to a girl he is enamored with, Cindy Beck. After their relationship blossoms through high school, they become connected for the remainder of their lives. Once they celebrate graduation, Charles joins the Air Force, proposing to Cindy before his departure. But while flying home from military training, a plane crash begins a series of jaw-dropping events that separate Cindy and Charles forever.
As the plane spirals downward, Charles gives his military dog tags to a close friend to give to Cindy if Charles should perish. But it was his friend, James Stallings, who burns in the crash; leading Cindy to believe her finance was killed. Charles survives, but lives in a coma for two years. Once he realizes the error that has been committed, he scrambles to find Cindy, and after he is led to believe she started a new life with another man, de delves into 15 years of despair in Europe where his demons constantly haunt him and convert him into a bitter, yet successful, business man.
But Cindy had always loved Charles and was devastated by his assumed death. She waited for him until the end of her own life which, in a cruel twist of fate, came too quickly as she was diagnosed with cancer shortly after the plane crash and perished at a young age.
Unforgettable is partially based on the author’s own experiences, prompting Babb to donate proceeds from the novel to the American Cancer Society in an effort to make a difference in the fight against cancer so that people, like Cindy, do not have to be condemned to an early death with this dreaded disease.