Love Walked in Paperback - 2006
by Marisa De Los Santos
A tribute to classic film and true romance, this is the story of a 31-year-old caf manager and an 11-year-old who is searching for her father--and the unexpected ways in which their lives are forever changed by chance.
Summary
When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them through the unpredictable currents of love and life.
Love Walked In, the first novel by award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos, is bursting with keen insight and beautifully rendered prose. Invoking classic movies to illuminate the mystery and wonder of love in all its permutations, Love Walked In is an uplifting debut that marks the entrance of an enchanting literary voice.
First line
My life-my real life-started when a man walked into it, a handsome stranger in a perfectly cut suit, and, yes, I know how that sounds.
Details
- Title Love Walked in
- Author Marisa De Los Santos
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York
- Date 2006-12-01
- ISBN 9780452287891 / 0452287898
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.28 x 0.71 in (20.27 x 13.41 x 1.80 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 940
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation: Pennsylvania
- Locality: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007021007
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
“Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos, is the kind of book that makes you want to hunker down on a chilly day in a comfy chair and read straight through ’til dark...This [is a] poignant, heart-tugging story about a single woman and a little girl who develop an unlikely bond.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you’d least expect it.” —Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, and Little Earthquakes
“Marisa de los Santos’s funny and beautifully written love story is as luminous as the silver screen.” —Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief
“A touching, triumphant story of the power and variety and responsibility of love. A joy to read, filled with characters you wish you knew in real life. Love Walked In is every bit as engaging as the classic movies Marisa de los Santos lovingly invokes.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
“Exquisite and stylish, Love Walked In proves that love in all of its forms—romantic, friendship, familial—is all around us.” —Sarah Jessica Parker
Citations
- LJ Best Books of Year, 01/01/2007, Page 49
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