Miranda and Adam, high school sweethearts now in their late fifties, arrive by chance at the same time in Rome, a city where they once spent a summer deeply in love. At an awkward reunion, Adam suggests that they meet for daily walks and get to know each other again. Both have their own sense of who betrayed whom and long-held interpretations of the events that caused them not to part. But gradually, as they take in the pleasures of the city and the drama of its streets, they discover not only what matters to them now but also what happened to them long ago. From acclaimed author Mary Gordon, The Love of My Youth is a poignant look at first love, at the hopes and dreams of a generation, and at what became of them.
- ISBN10 0307377423
- ISBN13 9780307377425
- Publish Date 5 April 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 October 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pantheon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 302
- Language English