For Love

A Novel

"A tour de force by any standard." —Newsweek

"Miller writes with wisdom, compassion, and an almost palpable sense of reality about the ambiguous and difficult choices that . . . at one time or another, life demands of us." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A convergence of family and friends stirs memories of the past in New York Times bestselling author Sue Miller's novel about the beautiful, raging, and tragic yearning for romantic love.

After years of lives lived apart, Lottie Gardner, her brother, Cameron, and their old friend Elizabeth reunite in their hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lottie has arrived to settle the estate of her elderly mother in decline. It's also a chance to slip away from a passionless marriage in jeopardy. What she longs for is the kind of heedless romance she sees in her brother's rekindled fling with his childhood sweetheart. But Elizabeth is in the throes of a marital crisis of her own. And when blind desire culminates in a senseless tragedy, Lottie, Cameron, and Elizabeth must confront the choices they've made for love.

Gripping, emotional, and unexpected, For Love explores the inevitable reconciliation of the life you dream of when young and hopeful with the reality of the one you must abide.

pretty good

It was a good story. The narrator was somewhat problematic as occasionally, I had no idea which character was speaking as her voice did not change for different characters, at least not in a perceptible way to me. I found the beginning and middle most interesting. Parts of it were slow and I dragging, particularly toward the end. But a good story and very good writing. I generally really like Sue Miller's books.

Wonderful

A deep and almost poetic book about a woman nearly losing her place while she spends time in her old neighborhood.

I have read this beautiful book three or four times. The writing is exceptional and the narration, perfect.❤️