Non-fiction
Second-Chance Love
My Boyfriend's Back by Donna Hanover (Hudson Street Press $23.95)
You may have already seen Hanover, former First Lady of New York City, in one of her many television appearances promoting this book. As the appealingly cornball title suggests, it's about re-connecting with old loves, as she very happily did.
She recounts meeting her highschool sweetheart, Ed Oster more than thirty years after they broke up. They were married shortly afterwards.
As Hanover and Oster told their story of rekindled love to friends and acquaintances they discovered that they were part of a growing trend. more
Internet use has lead many couples to find each other again after years apart. After recounting the story of her reunion with Oster, Hanover tells the similar stories of a variety of couples who have found love in the same way.
Among the lovers is the actress Carol Channing, who reconnected with her highschool sweetheart and married him. They are both in their eighties.
Hanover describes the appeal of rekindled love as being the familiarity and trust which has already been established, thus making these relationships safer (most of the time) than starting over with someone completely new.
The stories of what broke the couples apart the first time around are as compelling as the reunions. Wars, families, bad timing, and in one case, stolen letters are all cited as having caused break-ups. This one is only for the seriously romantic.
By this book!