A Little Love Story Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

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Title	:	A Little Love Story
Author	:	Roland Merullo
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	August 8th 2006 by Vintage (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. Contemporary

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In A Little Love Story, Roland Merullo—winner of the Massachusetts Book Award and the Maria Thomas Fiction Award—has created a sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious tale of attraction and loyalty, jealousy and grief. It is a classic love story—with some modern twists.

Janet Rossi is very smart and unusually attractive, an aide to the governor of Massachusetts, but she suffers from an illness that makes her, as she puts it, “not exactly a good long-term investment.” Jake Entwhistle is a few years older, a carpenter and portrait painter, smart and good-looking too, but with a shadow over his romantic history. After meeting by accident—literally—when Janet backs into Jake’s antique truck, they begin a love affair marked by courage, humor, a deep and erotic intimacy . . . and modern complications.

Working with the basic architecture of the love story genre, Merullo—a former carpenter known for his novels about family life—breaks new ground with a fresh look at modern romance, taking liberties with the classic design, adding original lines of friendship, spirituality, and laughter, and, of course, probing the mystery of love.

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Original Title:	A Little Love Story
ISBN:	1400032555 (ISBN13: 9781400032556)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.79 From 927 Users | 172 Reviews

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One of the best books I have read this year. Poignant and moving without being trite or sappy. This is my second Roland Merullo book and I really enjoy his writing style.

This one was hard for me to get fully into. Perhaps it has more to say about me than it does the author. Personally, I could not be on a date with someone who was coughing so badly that they required long enough in the restroom for me to think they've left me mid-date and not ask a single question upon their return. I couldn't suspend my disbelief that Jake was that pure a soul. However, by the end I was drawn in - and again, perhaps it has more to say about me and my experiences. I know a live

I did not like the inconclusive ending

I liked it. Just want I needed, a bit of fluff. This story is the title, A Little Love Story. There is some sadness though, one of the main characters has a terminal disease and there is a tie-in to the 911 tragedy. I didn't cry though. I guess I'm not in a weepy phase right now. The main character, Jake, has a best friend, Gerard, who had me chuckling out loud at times. The ending probably pisses some people off :-). Not a bad read if you're looking for this type of story.

Loved this book! Did anyone understand why at the Vietnamese restaurant he referred to their waiter by 8 different names p. 22-27?



The third I've read by Roland Merullo. I loved them all but I think this is the best--this is a perfect book.