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Two rambunctious, romantic flameouts. One boring wedding. One heated embrace in a quiet coatroom. This is not exactly the recipe for true love. John and Jane’s lusty encounter at a friend’s wedding isn’t really the beginning of anything with any weight to it; even they know that. When they manage to pull back, it occurs to them that they might start this whole thing over properly. They might try getting to know one another first, through letters.
What follows is a series of traded confessions—of their messy histories, their past errors, their big loves, their flaws, and their passions. Each love affair, confessed as honestly as possible, reveals the ways in which Jane and John have grown and changed—or not changed—over the years; the people they’ve hurt, the ones still bruised. The ones who bruised them. Where all of this soul-baring will take them is the burning question behind every letter—a question that can only be answered when they meet again, finally, in the flesh.
What follows is a series of traded confessions—of their messy histories, their past errors, their big loves, their flaws, and their passions. Each love affair, confessed as honestly as possible, reveals the ways in which Jane and John have grown and changed—or not changed—over the years; the people they’ve hurt, the ones still bruised. The ones who bruised them. Where all of this soul-baring will take them is the burning question behind every letter—a question that can only be answered when they meet again, finally, in the flesh.
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Review:
"Praise for Which Brings me to You:
'From its opening sentence this "novel in confessions" draws you into its intimacy, murmuring huskily in your ear "you know you would have done the same"... So wonderfully written that one is completely seduced... Their exchanges shimmer with a highly intelligent sexual charge... So smart, so tender, so well wrought. It has echoes of Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveller's Wife in its unflinching yet powerfully touching account of the intensities of love and sex. John writes to Jane, "tell me something filthy and lovely and true", and this book, wonderfully, is all those things.'" (Daily Express)
"Praise for Steve Almond
'Steve Almond is remarkably good at depicting women... Will leave you feeling quite wonderful.' Guardian"
"'Superb and heartfelt - Should be read by all men' The Times"
"Praise for Julianna Baggot
'Divinely written and moving' B magazine"
"'Baggott's delicious prose drips with detail and poetry.' USA Today"
From the Publisher:
'From its opening sentence this "novel in confessions" draws you into its intimacy, murmuring huskily in your ear "you know you would have done the same"... So wonderfully written that one is completely seduced... Their exchanges shimmer with a highly intelligent sexual charge... So smart, so tender, so well wrought. It has echoes of Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveller's Wife in its unflinching yet powerfully touching account of the intensities of love and sex. John writes to Jane, "tell me something filthy and lovely and true", and this book, wonderfully, is all those things.'" (Daily Express)
"Praise for Steve Almond
'Steve Almond is remarkably good at depicting women... Will leave you feeling quite wonderful.' Guardian"
"'Superb and heartfelt - Should be read by all men' The Times"
"Praise for Julianna Baggot
'Divinely written and moving' B magazine"
"'Baggott's delicious prose drips with detail and poetry.' USA Today"
A wonderfully observed novel of modern manners, of contemporary sex, love and relationships, written in alternate chapters by two young writers at the peak of their form.
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- PublisherAlgonquin Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1565125800
- ISBN 13 9781565125803
- BindingPaperback
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