In the Age of Love by Michael Stein

"Set in 1980s New Orleans, Stein's fifth novel (after This Room Is Yours) is a tale of lost love found. Jonathan Parrish, an educational consultant in Third World battle zones, is invited to give a presentation at an education conference in the city. Perusing the conference program, he discovers the name of Lily Mayeux, with whom he had been involved in the 1970s. She, meanwhile, finds his name there as well. Having not seen each other in the 12 years since their relationship ended in hurt and misunderstanding after Jonathan failed to return from Nicaragua for the funeral of Lily's sister, neither knows what to expect from the other. They soon find the old feelings returning, despite misgivings about whether these feeling represent who they now are or who they once were. And Lily's being married and the mother of a child is no small complication. In this brief novel, Stein has written a sensitive and nuanced tale of two people struggling toward a future that each, in their own way, has always longed for. "

—Lawrence Rungren, Merrimack Valley Lib. Consortium, Andover, MA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.