Love and Other Words

Product Description After A Decade Apart, Childhood Sweethearts Reconnect By Chance In New York Times Bestselling Author Christina LaurenS Touching, Romantic Novel Love And Other WordsHow Many Words Will It Take For Them To Figure Out Where It All Went Wrong?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 SheS Constructed Begins To Dissolve. Once Upon A Time, Elliot Was MacyS 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 MacyS Decade-Long Silence, And Will Have To Overcome The Past And Himself To Revive Her Faith In The Possibility Of An All-Consuming Love. Review Lauren Writes Of The Bittersweet Pangs Of Love And Loss With Piercing Clarity, And Delivers A Resoundingly Life-Affirming Tale Of What It Takes To Claw OneS Way To Necessary Healing, Both Romantically And Personally. Entertainment WeeklyLove And Other Words Is A Triumph, The Kind Of Book That Makes You Feel So Deeply For The Finely Drawn Characters That You Almost Forget TheyRe Fictional. YouLl Be Swept Away By The Heartbreak, The Joy, The Chemistry, And The Charisma Woven Through The Fabric Of MacyS And ElliotS Star-Crossed Relationship. As The Story Unfolds-Expertly Interweaving The Past With The Present-YouLl Laugh, YouLl Cry, And YouLl Root For Macy And Elliot To Find Their Way Back To Each Other Against All Odds. A True Joy From Start To Finish. -- Kristin Harmel, Internationally Bestselling Author Of The Room On Rue AmelieA Major Success. ItS Now Obvious That Anything Christina Lauren Writes Is Worth Checking Out, Even If ItS Out Of A ReaderS Comfort Zone. IVe Rarely Ventured Into The Genre And WasnT Sure How Different It May Be From Christina LaurenS Contemporary Romance Novels. However, I Worried For Nothing Because I Was Quickly Hooked By Love And Other Words... And Would Happily Recommend It To Any Christina Lauren Fan Or Readers Looking For A Sophisticated Story Of Love And Loss. HypableChristina Lauren Has Found A New Sweet Spot, With Heartbreaking And Hopeful Language That Will Evoke The Whirlwind Immediacy Of Adolescence And The Complicated Choices Of Adulthood. Love And Other Words Weaves Past And Present Together In An Emotional Story That Will Have You Declaring Your Favorite Word Is Love. -- Amy E. Reichert, Author Of The Coincidence Of Coconut CakeLove And Other Words Is A Beautifully Crafted Story Of Friendship And First Love, Of Suffering Loss And Finding Your Soulmate. I Felt Every Moment In This Book. Vilma IrisWith Frank Language And Patient Plotting, This Gangly Teen Crush Grows Into A Confident Adult Love Affair. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)Christina Lauren Takes A Unique Look At The Evolution Of Infatuation Associated Press About The Author Christina Lauren Is The Combined Pen Name Of Longtime Writing Partners And Best Friends Christina Hobbs And Lauren Billings, The New York Times, Usa Today, And #1 Internationally Bestselling Authors Of The Beautiful And Wild Seasons Series, Dating You / Hating