This book will be staying on my shelf for awhile. I found the premis intriging, although I espected the "loves" to be all romantic. It is certainly possible to feel romantic love for seven seperate people over a lifetime, especially if one does not marry early, or not at all.
However, each chapter described a different sort of love, which is realistically, how we experience life. Each, though totally different in
nature, was profound in it's own right. The auther expresses this beautifully, in lyrical words that are pure pleasure to read, and reread! There were times I read a sentence over several times to experience it with the feeling I thought the author intended. One does not need to lead an especially loud or experientially frantic life to glean the sweetness from each encounter. I came to realize through her prose how very profoundly we affect eachothers lives. Every encounter holds the promise of something important if we choose to be observant. I know I will approach with additional reverence, the people my path may cross daily. I feel profoundly changed by this story, and will look more carefully in my life for the depth in my own "loves."
However, each chapter described a different sort of love, which is realistically, how we experience life. Each, though totally different in
nature, was profound in it's own right. The auther expresses this beautifully, in lyrical words that are pure pleasure to read, and reread! There were times I read a sentence over several times to experience it with the feeling I thought the author intended. One does not need to lead an especially loud or experientially frantic life to glean the sweetness from each encounter. I came to realize through her prose how very profoundly we affect eachothers lives. Every encounter holds the promise of something important if we choose to be observant. I know I will approach with additional reverence, the people my path may cross daily. I feel profoundly changed by this story, and will look more carefully in my life for the depth in my own "loves."
