Evocative, profound and carefully crafted. We meet Frank and his family in short chapters that often read like prose poetry and focus on key moments of his life told that shine as if surrounded by an aura because they are told with such intensity and lyricism and the writing, exquisite and compelling, fully captures the power of memory. From a difficult childhood with a violent father to courtship, marriage and deviations and illness, the latter superbly portrayed. Only About Love is an uplifting novel that shows the beautiful imperfection of human experience, embracing our falls and inadequacies in a forgiving act of love. Reading this story filled with hope, longing, regret and acceptance was an emotional experience that touched me deeply.

I aM grateful to the publisher for an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. (l