One Year with Dicky

About the Book

Dicky and Lizzie, despite being in their sixties and living alone for almost twenty years, become intertwined -- something which they both acknowledge as destined by God. Conservative Lizzie grew up in a household where sex wasn’t mentioned in polite coversations, while modern Dicky’s outlook on the matter was the opposite. Every day, Dicky sends Lizzie text messages of sexual jokes, making their budding friendship turbulent. But after months, their daily text messages slowly chip away the rough edges of their relationship to sculpt a beautiful friendship in which each is unable to let a day pass without missing the other. Then a sudden event plunges Dicky into depression, and he shuts himself away. Will it be the end of Dicky and Lizzie?

About the Author

Elizabeth Aguilar was born in a small town by a lake in the Philippines. Gathering clams at sunrise in the lake’s clear water gave her a love for art and writing, leading her to compose poems, write short stories, and paint watercolours in grade school. Adept with figures, she was made to pursue a career in accounting and business by her father, and the strictly paternal tradition of her society left her no choice but to comply. She spent all her life in the corporate world, but the love for writing never left her, and her friends persuaded her to attend a writing workshop in the early 2000s. She gladly did, and there she met her mentor, a writer of books published in the Philippines, who encouraged her to write a novel, and she did. The Secret Box is the result of these efforts and One Year with Dicky is her second published book.Undo