This Is a Love Story

by Jessica Soffer

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 27, 2026

About the author

Jessica Soffer is the author of This Is a Love Story and Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots. She grew up in New York City and earned her MFA at Hunter College where she was a Hertog Fellow. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, Real Simple, Saveur, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and on NPR’s Selected Shorts. She teaches creative writing to small groups and in the corporate space and lives in Sag Harbor, New York, with her family.

Reviews

[Jessica O'Keefe · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good story, but I didn't really like the format it was written in.

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I was the kind of person who could put a book on a DNF list.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not my preference on point of view to tell the story. Kinda felt all over. Took a bit to figure out who was even talking…
It does though help show the difference of views in the same moment.