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The Love of My Youth

von Mary Gordon

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This work is a novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years, walking the streets of Rome and reimmersing themselves in their lost past. Miranda and Adam, high school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance at the same time in Rome, where they once spent a summer deeply in love, blissfully living together. At an awkward reunion, the two, who parted in an atmosphere of passionate betrayal in the 1960s and haven't seen each other since, are surprised to discover that they may still have something to talk about; they decide that, for these few weeks, they will take daily walks together. As they experience Rome, the pleasures of eye and palate, and the daily drama of the streets, they review their lives (married to others, and with grown children) and gradually explore not just what matters to them now, but what happened to them long ago. Miranda and Adam are masterfully portrayed characters, intent on understanding who they are in relation to who they were. Theirs is a rich and wise story of forgiveness and reckoning.… (mehr)
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This is story of high-school sweethearts who eventually broke-up and led separate lives but meet up again years later in Rome. (The characters are now in their late 50s.) While both lead seemingly happy lives now, Miranda still harbors angry thoughts and Adam guilty ones over how/why their relationship ended. The story intersperses chapters from the past with the present day so we understand the teenagers they were and the adults they became. I liked this book and my only criticism is that I thought it a little slow. Still, I like Mary Gordon's writing and her characters are usually interesting and thought provoking so I gave it 3 stars. ( )
  ellink | Jan 22, 2024 |
Some of the worst dialogue I have ever read, but I slogged through this somehow, and didn't entirely regret it. ( )
  CaitlinMcC | Jul 11, 2021 |
A thoughtful beautifully written book on aging, love, and life choices. Two people in their late 50s meet in Rome, brought there by family and business. The two were high school sweethearts and had a painful post-college break-up. They decide to take a walk together each day, as a way to slowly get to know one another again.

This is a novel that asks 'who am I? Am I the same person that I once was?'

Profoundingly affecting.

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  laurenbufferd | Nov 14, 2016 |
Remember the magic of that first love, and the earnestness that went with it, when we were so young and unformed. Gordon uses this plus excellent period feeling to reunite lovers in Rome after more than 30 years. Add to this excellent writing and the conflict between humanitarianism and the discipline of Art (in this case music), and you've got a really good novel! ( )
  pennykaplan | Mar 23, 2012 |
The Love of my Youth is a pointed reflection on how first loves look from the vantage of age. Decades refract what once seemed clear.

I thought that the structure of the story worked well to frame the remembering of the past. And anyone who loves Rome will enjoy visualizing the walks taken by the two protagonists. ( )
  lalbro | Feb 2, 2012 |
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This work is a novel about first lovers meeting again after more than thirty years, walking the streets of Rome and reimmersing themselves in their lost past. Miranda and Adam, high school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance at the same time in Rome, where they once spent a summer deeply in love, blissfully living together. At an awkward reunion, the two, who parted in an atmosphere of passionate betrayal in the 1960s and haven't seen each other since, are surprised to discover that they may still have something to talk about; they decide that, for these few weeks, they will take daily walks together. As they experience Rome, the pleasures of eye and palate, and the daily drama of the streets, they review their lives (married to others, and with grown children) and gradually explore not just what matters to them now, but what happened to them long ago. Miranda and Adam are masterfully portrayed characters, intent on understanding who they are in relation to who they were. Theirs is a rich and wise story of forgiveness and reckoning.

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