Claudia B. (Claudielou) reviewed The Story of a True Love on 12/31/2008 + 77 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This is the story of a true romance between a nerdy guy who has a fascination with light and science, whose eyes, ironically, were damaged by mustard gas in WW1, and the shy, bookkeeping daughter of a glass-blower. It takes place in the 1920's and 30's in North Carolina, and involves the coming of the Great Depression, the New Deal and World War 2. Neither are great brains or beauties, but they are truly great at the art of loving someone whole-heartedly. At play throughout the book are all kinds of forms of light, from x-rays to meteor showers, to the phosphorescent glow of fish, to the Atom bomb. They are unable to have children, but fate bestows a baby boy on them, whom they call "Lightfoot", and he is their greatest joy. Their lives were not easy, but they faced great adversity together with only their true love to keep them going. They were simple people whose lives were made not-so-simple by the times in which they lived.

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