Comeback Love: A Novel

by Peter Golden

What would you do if you had a second chance with the one that got away?

More than thirty-five years ago, Gordon Meyers, an aspiring writer with a low number in the draft lottery, packed his belongings and reluctantly drove away, leaving behind Glenna Rising, the sexy, sharp-witted med student he couldn’t imagine living without.

Now, decades later, Gordon is a former globe-trotting consultant with a grown son, an ex-wife, and an overwhelming desire to see Glenna again. Though she’s stunned when Gordon walks into her Manhattan office, Glenna agrees to accompany him for a drink. As the two head out into the snow-swept city, they rediscover the passion that once drew them together—before it tore them apart. And as the evening unfolds, Gordon will finally reveal the true reason for his return. . . .

Comeback Love is an evocative journey into the hearts of two lovers who came of age in the 1960s, and who never truly let each other go. Plumbing the depths of youth, regret, and desire, Peter Golden deftly illuminates the bonds that mysteriously endure in the face of momentous change.

• ISBN10: 1451656343
• ISBN13: 9781451656343
• Publish Date: 3 April 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

It's alright. Not bad, I kept reading it, but I wasn't dying to finish and wasn't feeling it. I'm way out of the age range for this to hit home for me, so that's a factor. But the time is really interesting and the best part of the book for me.

I liked how it switched between the past and present to unravel their story and why Gordon came back. That was well done and kept me reading.

I loved the politics and issues being discussed in such detail, especially abortion. The medical information was organic and flowed, easily understood.

The romance isn't sweet or fun or even endearing. There's issues from the jump and they don't handle it well. Gordon and Glenna both fucked up really badly and it affected them the rest of their lives.

I wasn't rooting for them to make the second chance relationship work but to get their shit together and get closure in whatever form. They did talk it through so it wasn't like I didn't want them to together again, it was just secondary to progressing as characters for me.

The beginning of the prologue through me for a loop. While the ending is sweet, it seemed too easy.

But I think two factors kept me from getting into Comeback Love: I'm not that big of a fan of pure romance novels and the generation gap so YMMV.