Why Did I Read Jane's Melody? - I had desired to read a reverse age-gap romance, one with an older woman and younger man. No arbitrary scores, just thoughts and opinions. While it's still fresh in my mind I wanted to give my honest review of it. She goes in search of Caleb, the only man she has ever loved.I just finished my audiobook listen of by Ryan Winfield. Jane sells her home on Bainbridge Island and leaves Seattle behind. This gives her the catalyst she needs to move on with her life.

The death of her best friend from a brain tumor shows Jane that life is short.

To make him leave, Jane tells him that she does not love him. He tries to get her to go with him, but the memories of her daughter are in Washington State. When she learns that he has been offered a chance to become part of a band in Austin, she cannot let him pass up the opportunity. Though he loves Jane, she feels that she is robbing the young man of his youth and dreams. Jane is bothered by the difference in their ages, but Caleb is not concerned by it. The two begin an intimate relationship despite the fifteen year age difference. Their relationship never went past trading a silver dollar back and forth.Ĭaleb helps Jane deal with the grief she feels about her daughter. It was a subsequent game they played, but he never knew her name. He then went to the coffee shop and left the silver dollar as a tip for her. She had stopped to hear him play on the street corner near where she worked at a coffee shop and left him a silver dollar. Also, he was her daughter’s boyfriend.Ĭaleb tells Jane that he did not know Melody. Jane feels guilty when she becomes attracted to him because he is so young. The man lives in her house while he works. Jane offers him a job to clear her backyard and put in a flower garden and fountain because she believes the man has a connection to her daughter. Her grief leads her to stalk a young musician who she believes was her daughter’s boyfriend.Ĭaleb Cummings is a twenty-five year old homeless musician. She wants to know all about her daughter whom she has not seen for the last year of her life.

Jane McKinney's daughter Melody has just died of a drug overdose, and Jane is distraught. Jane’s Melody by Ryan Winfield is the story of a mother trying to make sense of her daughter’s death.

Jane's Melody by Ryan Winfield