This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer sees love’s complexities, beauties; its selfishness, difficulties, and maddening passions. Jessica Soffer tells us the story of a 50 year marriage between Abe and Jane as Jane lies dying in a hospital bed. The backdrop of their romance is Central Park, and despite the constant presence of love in the story, it is not overly sentimental or maudlin. Tune in and find out how a writer spent years writing a marriage that lasted decades.

Books mentioned in this week's episode:

This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham

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