Our Favorite Writers Recount the Most Romantic Things They’ve Ever Read
Emily Gould, author of Friendship (forthcoming)
Mating Norman Rush
I’m sure a lot of people will say this [Ed. Note: They did!] but the description of infatuation that turns into a kind of intense but not quite reciprocal romance in Mating by Norman Rush had a profound affect on me. Mostly that it was fun and wrenching to experience it vicariously, and be caught up in the drama of it, but also that I made a note to myself to stop being that person if at all possible. It’s fun to be the one who loves more until it isn’t.