“The Love of My Life” is a brilliant, gripping and heart-wrenching debut novel by Louise Douglas and she has achieved something very accomplished. This is a romantic novel that brings out the innocence of childhood and the dynamics of love and loss with dexterous and sensitivity.
This novel brings out the love story between two teenagers -- Olivia and Luca Felicone. They had known each other since childhood and their friendship grows out as a secret teenage romance, which eloped to
On a cold January night Olivia's life is shattered, when she learns that Luca dies in a car accident, which has made Olivia to panic. She is left with nothing. After suffering from weeks of overwhelming grief, she quits her job and returns north where Luca has been buried in Watersford. Luca’s mother, Angela has never forgiven Olivia for causing such a break in her family. So, Luca’s family didn’t treat Olivia kindly, during the funeral.
Soon, Olivia meets Marc, Luca's married twin and she realizes that he is experiencing a loss almost as painful as her own. Their grief draws them into an affair to help each other through the weeks after Luca's death. Even tough they knew this relationship has no meaning and future, but fills the space where Luca should be. Will this affair bring Olivia into Luca’s family?
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