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I loved this book so, so much, and would recommend it to anyone. Interwoven with equal parts depth and satire, Hill unravels a modern take on the American psyche on love; sustaining a relationship through challenges, individual goals and achievements, and differences in upbringing.
Though a lengthy read at nearly 600 pages, I found myself growing attached to the characters, Jack and Elizabeth, as this book spans between their childhood(s) and their ever-evolving adulthood lives.
“This, it turned out, was the most savage, most hurtful thing about being a parent: it wasn’t just coming face-to-face with all your own shortcomings and inadequacies, but it was also seeing those shortcomings embodied in your child.”
“Beyond all the poetry, beyond all the songs, love is this, my dear: it’s an expansion of the self. It’s when the boundaries of the self spread out to include someone else, and what used to be them now becomes you.”
Here’s what else I’ve been reading (& loving) amidst our catastrophic, task-switching world that lacks the attention span for one of my first loves, long-form content:
Substack: The Dog, How Adopting a Dog is a lot Better Than Chasing a Unicorn // Bobby Hundreds
Adrift, America in 100 Charts // Scott Galloway