Having said that the book should appeal to a retirement crowd, it should equally appeal to late teens and adults who may someday remember the wisdom the book contains. Berg has a way of relaying feelings/thoughts that never cease to stun me. In the six months since the November day that his wife, Nola, was buried, Arthur Moses has been having lunch with her every day. Its simply a feel-good-to-the-core story you should not miss. More importantly, the story demonstrates our desire to know at all times that there is a family, biological or not, that will help turn time, as the book says, from a time of waiting to a time of adventure. This is a love story about a man loving the wife he lost, about a lost neighbor, about a lost girl. For that reason the book should appeal to the retirement crowd. The book sweetly explores the human desire to be useful as one ages. The three reach out to each other, consciously and unconsciously to establish a community of caring. He and his neighbor Lucille, both in the senior category, strike up an unlikely friendship with Maddy, a troubled teen with an indifferent father and a bad-boy boyfriend. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation. Wonderfully written and full of profound observations about life, The Story of Arthur Truluv is a beautiful and moving novel of compassion in the face of loss, of the small acts that turn friends into family, and of the possibilities to achieve happiness at any age. Arthur lost his beloved wife Nola and goes to her grave site every day. Arthur, a widow, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who is avoiding school by hiding out at the cemetery, where Arthur goes every day for lunch to have imaginary conversations with his late wife, and think about the lives of others. Elizabeth Berg's new book, The Story of Arthur Truluv, examines emotional loss and new found hope through the lens of different generations, seniors and young adults.

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