Love's Apprentice

by Shirley Abbott

Shirley Abbott's new memoir charts her amorous education as a woman coming of emotional age in the second half of the twentieth century. Love's Apprentice will resonate with every woman who, despite her hard-earned knowledge of the limitations of love, will not be cured of it.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Shirley Jean Abbott Tomkievicz (born November 16, 1934) is magazine editor and writer, most noted for her three volumes of memoirs.

(from Wikipedia)

Abbott began her career as an editor, writer, and historian in 1959 when she was hired by Horizon magazine as a fact checker. In 1973, she was appointed Horizon’s editor-in-chief, a post she held until the magazine closed three years later. Abbott has written articles for Smithsonian, Lear’s, Gourmet, Harper’s, American Heritage, Southern Living, McCall’s, Glamour, and Boston Review, as well as for newspapers.

(from http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net...)

Reviews

[Ahalya Sabaratnam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed her writing and the fact that it was a memoir but honestly there were moments the flow felt off and the direction didn’t make sense to me. It felt like she gave a lot of detail and description in the moment but I felt like I didn’t fully understand the scene she was setting. Overall, it’s a cute book but I wouldn’t read again.

[Lali gancedo · Rating 5 out of 5]

La realidad siempre va a sorprender más que la ficción. Un libro que cuenta la vida de la atora a través de sus propias palabras. Y hay que ser muy fuerte para repasar muchos momentos de nuestro pasado, tal como ella lo hizo. Una mujer maravillosa, que sería un honor conocer, y hablar con nuestro francés corto y anticuado. Me identifico con muchos capítulos y frases de este libro, y creo que toda mujer que lo lea se sentirá igual, porque toda mujer debe leer este libro.
Creo que entendí un poco más muchas actitudes de mi mamá para con migo, o con mi papá, ya que la autora lo vive en primera persona y explica estupendamente cada momento de su vida a lo largo de los años, y entre ellos la relación/enamoramiento madre-hija, problemas matrimoniales, etc.
Encontré este libro en la zona de 'libros viejos que nadie quiere' y creo que deberían reeditarlo, ya.
En fin me encantó. Si te gusta francia, leelo. Si sos mujer, leelo. Si amas el amor, leelo.