{"product_id":"the-book-of-love-improvisations-on-a-crazy-little-thing-9780062349439","title":"The Book of Love: Improvisations on a Crazy Little Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe beloved \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author \u003cem\u003eMaking Toast\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKayak Morning\u003c\/em\u003e returns with a powerful meditation on a universal subject: love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenblatt 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively yet profound, poignant yet joyous, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of intellect and imagination: a personal discourse on love that is both novel and timeless. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062349439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Roger Rosenblatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145745002677,"sku":"9780062349439","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_09b6c902-5e2f-4448-bfba-c5f8503f9e4e.jpg?v=1715697336","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-love-improvisations-on-a-crazy-little-thing-9780062349439","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}