Three Minutes on Love

Roccie Hill
The Permanent Press (2008)
ISBN 9781579621698
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (10/08)

 

Roccie Hill did a phenomenal job writing her first novel “Three Minutes on Love.”  This story begins with Rosie as a budding photographer.  Leaving behind the southern California desert that she grew up in, in the late 60s, Rosie goes to college in San Francisco.  This is where her career as a photographer of rock stars begins.  Rosie is really good at what she does because she is able to capture the true essence of the artist on film.  Through her connections she meets David, a musician who will manage to share the rest of her life with her.  

“Three Minutes on Love,” tells Rosie and David’s story through Rosie’s eyes.  At first their lives interconnect at various moments in time.  After they become a couple, their love takes them through many rough times.  Rosie learns that being in love with a rock star is very difficult.  David is very susceptible to the negative influences that surround him when he is on the road. It takes David a long time to overcome his addictions.  Through her experiences, many of which are painful, Rosie grows as a person and has to learn to come into her own. 

I found this to be a very powerful novel.  Roccie Hill can really take you into the minds and hearts of her characters, especially Rosie’s.   I felt more like I was a bystander feeling and seeing what was happening to Rosie, than just a reader.  Roccie brings the 60s and 70s alive through her writing.  She wrote the times as I remembered them, even though I was very young.  I highly recommend “Three Minutes on Love” to all readers, but especially those who lived during these times.  I suspect it will rekindle a lot of memories.

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