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Love and Other Words

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Erin Mallon
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 After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance but how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong? From the New York Times bestselling authors of the “delightful” (Shelf Awareness) The Unhoneymooners.

The story of the heart can never be unwritten.

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.

But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.

Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking
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Devastating story. Took me at least 4 hours to get used to the narration. The breathiness and tonality was frustrating to listen to. Beautiful story but wish I read the book instead of listened to it

Devastating

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Literally lost for words, mind blown. Obsessed with this book, the characters, how it’s written. Beautiful.

Insane

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This is one of my absolute fave books, I highly recommend. A beautiful story, I'm sure I cried while listening to it.

Love this book!

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This book really effected me emotionally a number of times. I enjoyed the switching between then and now.
Listening to the emails read out loud was really annoying but there weren't many of them.

strong emotions

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A sweet story about a young romance, reignited in adulthood. Whilst the ending was on the predictable side and a bit repetitive (protagonists phrasing and conversations) I would recommend this book for people who enjoy romance.
3 1/2 stars if I could give the extra 1/2 star.

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