I’m not usually much for awarding superlatives to books, but tihs is one that deserves every bit of praise I can imagine. It is thoughtful, compelling, and so amazingly original that I even went as far as to hide it from myself so I wouldn’t read it too quickly. I tried to make it last! The characters are so real and interesting, while being completely ordinary at the same time. I feel like I know them, and like I could be Alma Singer wandering NY looking for the solution to the puzzle that is the History of Love. I adored this. Read it!