Helpful Score: 5
When I read the New Yorker article that forms the bulk of this book, I wound up crying on the subway. Now, several years later, I am still moved by Trillin's glorious ode to his much loved wife.
Helpful Score: 2
A poignant and heartfelt love letter to the author's late wife and muse. I read it in one sitting.
Helpful Score: 2
Beautifully written, loving, warm, tender tale of family life and love. This was a happy marriage between two intelligent, humorous people and their children. Now, more than 8 years after her death, Calvin Trillin offers us a portrait of Alice Trillin - a stunningly beautiful woman who was an educator who was equally at home teaching at a university or helping out at a drug center, raising her girls, or working as a gifted writer. This beautiful love story deals with devastating loss in a way you can relate to, whether you have suffered the same or not. It is a fast and absorbing read. I do recommend it and suggest passing it on then to a good friend.
