Book of Love

<p>The beloved <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author <em>Making Toast</em> and <em>Kayak Morning</em> returns with a powerful meditation on a universal subject: love.</p><p>In <em>The Book of Love</em> Roger Rosenblatt explores love in all its moods and variations--romantic love courtship battle mystery marriage heartbreak fury confusion melancholy delirium ecstasy; love of family of friends; love of home of country of work of writing of solitude of art; love of nature; love of life itself.</p><p>Rosenblatt is on a quest to illuminate this elusive and essential emotion to define this thing called love. Cleverly using lines from love songs to create a flowing ballad--as infectious and engaging as a jazz riff--he intersperses fictional vignettes that capture lovers in different situations ages and temperaments along with notes addressed to you his wife of fifty years. The story I have to tell is of you. Of others too. Other people other things. But mainly of you. It begins and ends with you. It always comes back to you.</p><p>Lively yet profound poignant yet joyous <em>The Book of Love</em> is a triumph of intellect and imagination: a personal discourse on love that is both novel and timeless. </p>