Us

Us: Americans Talk about Love, edited by John Bowe

My most favorite subject of all is that which is written about more than anything: Love. It's been written in seemingly every way it can be written so I'm always excited for a new take. And considering this book includes real stories from every day Americans on "the person whom (they) have loved the most," they are all new stories. And they are all wonderful! The stories are arranged by the amount of time it's been since each person realized they were in love so we see everything from teenagers experiencing the high school dating scene to couples who have been married for decades, giving insight as to what makes love last. The stories are not all happy, in fact many will make you cry. But that's why it was so realistic... the oral historians who collected these stories captured it all and I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in true love stories.