Love, Like Apples by Jeff Zentner

🫶 {Just dropped as a November @bookofthemonth pick, but I was lucky enough to listen early thanks to @librofm!  The audio is narrated by Charlie Thurston who handles Zentner’s beautiful prose brilliantly!}

❤️ Elevator Pitch: A lyrical, deeply felt story of an artist and the great love that defined his life, set against the electric, delirious backdrop of 1970s New York City and the tumultuous years prior.

🫶 Few have the ability to write so thoughtful and beautiful like Zentner.  The way he can turn something so ugly — beautiful — and make you feel so much hope despite the challenges his characters face is nothing short of amazing.  

I loved the characters.

I loved the 1970s time period.

I loved the locations—Appalachian, TN to NYC.

I loved finding joy in the unexpected like puppeteering.

I loved witnessing a great love.

I loved being reminded to choose greatness even when life feels like a sour lemon.

I loved this book!

🗣️ Quotes that stopped me in my tracks:

“Love, like apples is a sweetness that emerges from improbable circumstances.”

“Joy is how the universe tells us it favors our existence.”

“Is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all?”

“Your hand is in my heart working it like a puppet.”

“A body can lose its voice for a time but still have a sound heart and mind.”

“The universe makes us silent and unwitting co-conspirators to our own joy.”

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👍🏻 I highly recommend this book out this Tuesday 11/3.

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❓What’s your favorite type of apple?  And it better be a honey crisp…hahaha!