Having not seen each other for more than 40 years, Miranda and Adam unexpectedly reunite in Rome--where they once spent a summer deeply in love--and agree to spend the Italian afternoons taking walks together, experiencing the city, bringing each other up to date--and reviewing the betrayal that drove them. By the author of Final Payments.
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"Gordon's art in capturing the social and political texture of the times brings the story alive."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Lovely and thoughtful."
--"The Washington Post"
"Even if first love isn't as rosy for most people as it was for Miranda and Adam, Gordon was definitely on to something when she shaped "The Love of My Youth" around that concept. For surely there is no one more likely than the love of your youth to remind you of everything you hoped to become."
--"The Miami Herald"
"Gordon casts her drama with strong characters."
--"The New York Times"
"Emotionally engaging and smoothly flowing, "The Love of My Youth" showcases Gordon's power to write with controlled urgency, without dissembling or exaggeration, to reveal truths that are hard to face in the unsparing light of day, but without which we could not see ourselves as we are."
--Liesl Schillinger, "The New York Times Book Review
""Entrancing . . . Gordon deftly awakens the strain of regret and desire that we too feel as we watch old loves and old selves recede."
--Julia M. Klein, "Los Angeles Times
""Gordon . . . writes of the affection and wistfulness one has looking at the self growing smaller in the rearview mirror. And as a soulful and spiritual writer, the author of "Final Payments "and "Circling my Mother," she is in many ways just the person to write such a book. . . "[The Love of My Youth] "provides us a nice leisurely space to wander--and wonder."
--Karen Sandstrom, "Cleveland Plain Dealer
""[Gordon] is sensitive to the subtlest differences of class and religion, and the most satisfying aspects of "The""Love of My Youth" are Gordon's interpretations of how the differences in Adam and Miranda's backgrounds impact their relationship. The novel is also filled with small resonating details, from the architectural beauties of urban Rome to Adam and Miranda's anxious glimpses of their aging bodies in front of hotel mirrors
"Evocative. . . . A subtle and precise exploration of the human heart."
--"The Boston Globe"
"Emotionally engaging and smoothly flowing, "The Love of My Youth" showcases Gordon's power to write with controlled urgency, without dissembling or exaggeration, to reveal truths that are hard to face in the unsparing light of day, but without which we could not see ourselves as we are."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Entrancing. . . . Gordon deftly awakens the strain of regret and desire that we too feel as we watch old loves and old selves recede."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"Vivid. . . . Not so much a romance as a reckoning. . . . Gordon crafts a story layered with wise insights, and gives it a picture-postcard setting that lovers of Italy will delight in."
--"The Seattle Times"
"Evocative. . . . A travelogue through time, as well as through some of Rome's most beautiful spaces, Gordon's novel dangles out the fantasy of the faultlessly executed second chance. . . . An enchanting read."
--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air"
"Gordon writes of the affection and wistfulness one has looking at the self growing smaller in the rearview mirror. And as a soulful and spiritual writer, she is in many ways just the person to write such a book. . . . "The Love of My Youth "provides us a nice leisurely space to wander--and wonder."
--"Cleveland Plain Dealer "
"Gordon's art in capturing the social and political texture of the [1960s] brings the story alive. . . . Armchair travelers will find much to enjoy."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Intricately realized. . . . Gordon's evocation of thoughtful college students in the late '60s (her own college era) is exceptionally nuanced and convincing."
--"The Atlantic"
"Gordon is sensitive to the subtlest differences of class and religion, and the most satisfying aspects of "The""Love of My Youth" are Gordon's interpretations of how the differences in Adam and Miranda's backgrounds impact their relationship. The novel is also filled with small resonating details, from the architectural beauties of urban Rome to Adam and Miranda's anxious glimpses of their aging bodies in front of hotel mirrors. "The Love of My Youth "is as much about how we feel about our past and the choices we made and make, as it is about the love story between two young people."
--"BookPage"
"Even if first love isn't as rosy for most people as it was for Miranda and Adam, Gordon was definitely on to something when she shaped "The Love of My Youth" around that concept. For surely there is no one more likely than the love of your youth to remind you of everything you hoped to become."
--The Associated Press
"Virtuoso and versatile Gordon offers brilliantly fresh takes on family conflicts, women's lives, war, and global suffering while ingeniously meshing classic love stories with modern mores, and ecstasy with wisdom, to create an enthralling drama of innocent passion, crushing tragedy, and the careful construction of stable, nurturing lives."
--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Thoughtful and moving, Gordon's latest captures the ardor and vulnerability of young love and the cautious circumspection of middle age."
--"Publishers Weekly"
Mary Gordon is the author of six previous novels, two memoirs, a short-story collection, and Reading Jesus, a work of nonfiction. She has received many honors, among them a Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an O. Henry Award, an Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Story Prize. She is the State Writer of New York. Gordon teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
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