Book Details
⚡️Book Title : A Little Love Story
⚡Book Author : Roland Merullo
⚡Page : 288 pages
⚡Published August 8th 2006 by Vintage (first published 2005)
A Little Love Story - In A Little Love Story, Roland Merullowinner of the Massachusetts Book Award and the Maria Thomas Fiction Awardhas created a sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious tale of attraction and loyalty, jealousy and grief. It is a classic love storywith some modern twists. Janet Rossi is very smart and unusually attractive, an aide to the governor of Massachusetts, but she suffers from an illness that makes her, as she puts it, not exactly a good long-term investment. Jake Entwhistle is a few years older, a carpenter and portrait painter, smart and good-looking too, but with a shadow over his romantic history. After meeting by accidentliterallywhen Janet backs into Jakes antique truck, they begin a love affair marked by courage, humor, a deep and erotic intimacy . . . and modern complications. Working with the basic architecture of the love story genre, Merulloa former carpenter known for his novels about family lifebreaks new ground with a fresh look at modern romance, taking liberties with the classic design, adding original lines of friendship, spirituality, and laughter, and, of course, probing the mystery of love.
A Little Love Story
In A Little Love Story, Roland Merullowinner of the Massachusetts Book Award and the Maria Thomas Fiction Awardhas created a sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious tale of attraction and loyalty, jealousy and grief. It is a classic love storywith some modern twists. Janet Rossi is very smart and unusually attractive, an aide to the governor of Massachusetts, but she suffers from an illness that makes her, as she puts it, not exactly a good long-term investment. Jake Entwhistle is a few years older, a carpenter and portrait painter, smart and good-looking too, but with a shadow over his romantic history. After meeting by accidentliterallywhen Janet backs into Jakes antique truck, they begin a love affair marked by courage, humor, a deep and erotic intimacy . . . and modern complications. Working with the basic architecture of the love story genre, Merulloa former carpenter known for his novels about family lifebreaks new ground with a fresh look at modern romance, taking liberties with the classic design, adding original lines of friendship, spirituality, and laughter, and, of course, probing the mystery of love.
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