{"product_id":"9780062349446_the-book-of-love","title":"The Book of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe beloved New York Times bestselling author Making Toast and Kayak Morning returns with a powerful meditation on a universal subject: love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Book of Love, 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, The Book of Love is a triumph of intellect and imagination: a personal discourse on love that is both novel and timeless. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenblatt’s exploration is a masterclass in the philosophy of love, weaving together:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Lifetime of Love:\u003c\/b\u003e Intimate, personal notes addressed to the author’s wife of fifty years, forming the heart of this poignant memoir.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoetic Meditations:\u003c\/b\u003e Short, jewel-like chapters that reflect on everything from romantic love and friendship to a love for art, nature, and life itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFictional Vignettes:\u003c\/b\u003e Imaginative short stories capturing lovers in different situations, ages, and temperaments, interspersed throughout the narrative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Literary Soundtrack:\u003c\/b\u003e A flowing ballad, cleverly structured around lines from classic love songs that feels as infectious and engaging as a jazz riff.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Roger Rosenblatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905566167189,"sku":"9780062349446","price":8.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062349446.jpg?v=1776889891","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062349446_the-book-of-love","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}