In The Language of Love Author:Diane Schoemperlen In this astonishingly inventive novel, Diane Schoemperlen uses the 100 stimulus words from the Standard Word Association Test as a narrative framework for exploring her heroine's growing understanding of the meaning of love. In short, brilliant chapters, she interweaves the defining moments of Joanna's life: her relationships with her perpetual... more »ly angry mother; her quirky first boyfriend; her lover, who never seems able to leave his wife; her husband, whose sureness of affection centers her; and her son, whose innocence both overwhelms and delights her. A tour de force of wit and wordplay, In the Language of Love is a wise and compassionate collage of one woman's coming of emotional age.« less