โ Scribed by Mary Gordon
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the acclaimed author of Pearl and Final Payments comes a beautifully choreographed novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years and reimmersing themselves in their shared past.
Miranda and Adam, high-school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance at the same time in Rome, a city where they once spent a summer deeply in love, living together blissfully. At an awkward reunion, the twowho parted in an atmosphere of passionate betrayal in the 1960s and havent seen each other sinceare surprised to discover that they may have something to talk about. Both have their own guilt, their sense of who betrayed whom, and their long-held interpretation of the events that caused them not to marry and to split apart into the lives theyve led sinceboth are married to others, with grown children. For the few weeks they are in Rome, Adam suggests that they meet for daily walks and get to know each other again. Gradually, as they take in the pleasures of the city and the drama of its streets, they discover not only what matters to them now but also more about what happened to them long ago.
Miranda and Adam are masterfully portrayed characters, intent upon understanding who they are in relation to who they were. A story about what first love means and how it is shattered, and the lessons old lovers may still have to share with each other many years later, The Love of My Youth is also a poignant look back at the hopes and dreams of a generation and what became of them.
Library : Romance
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780307377425
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
From the acclaimed author of *Pearl* and *Final Payments* comes a beautifully choreographed novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years and reimmersing themselves in their shared past. Miranda and Adam, high-school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance
This work is a novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years, walking the streets of Rome and reimmersing themselves in their lost past. Miranda and Adam, high school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance at the same time in Rome, where they once spent a summe
### From Publishers Weekly Thoughtful and moving, Gordon's latest captures the ardor and vulnerability of young love and the cautious circumspection of middle age. Miranda and Adam began a love affair in high school that endured through college only to end in a painful betrayal. When a mutual frien
**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE ยฎ IN LITERATURE 2013** The ten miraculously accomplished stories in Alice Munro's **Friend of My Youth** not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. "[**Friend of My Youth** is] a wonderful collecti
{ Sept 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover image, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 288 pages Published 1990 Vintage International (1991) Friend of My Youth: Stories Winner of
The ten miraculously accomplished stories in Alice Munro's **Friend of My Youth** not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. "[**Friend of My Youth** is] a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt."--Mi