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The Mathematics of Love: A Novel (P.S.) | 
 enlarge | Author: Emma Darwin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Buy New: $11.66
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061140279
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061140273
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Product Description
The Mathematics of Love is a poignant chronicle of two people, separated by centuries, whose lives—amazingly, impossibly—become interwoven in a brilliant tapestry of tragedy, memory, and time. Following alternate but intimately connected stories—of a curious, promiscuous teenager in her season of exile and awakening in the English countryside in 1976, and a nineteenth-century soldier damaged on the fields of Waterloo, struggling to find his way back to life with the help of a compassionate, extraordinary woman—Emma Darwin's breathtaking narrative brilliantly evokes the horrors of war, the pain of loss, the heat of passion, and the enduring power of love.
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 I loved this book February 2, 2009
Laura de Leon (Silicon Valley, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked reading this book. I enjoyed both of the timelines-- the teenager in the 1970s who has grown up a little too fast for her own good, coming to terms with her family past and future; and the ex-soldier in 1819, trying to build his future, but discovering he also must face his past before he can truly move on. I loved the ongoing ties between the timelines. It isn't a simple read, but I found it worthwhile.
 What's love got to do with it? January 14, 2009
Colleen Frost
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My book club selected this novel, and I was very glad to see it end! The title refers to the theme of the book--as one character says, "the mathematics of love defy arithmetic" (216). In other words, if a person feels physically attracted to another person, age, gender, and marital status shouldn't stand in the way. People who think otherwise are called "old-fashioned" 3 times in just 10 pages (311, 314, and 320). So although I found some of the information about photographic processes and the author's use of language in certain passages interesting, the disdain for and name-calling of those of us who are "old-fashioned" turned me off from this story very quickly.
 I may have not given ... December 8, 2008
M. Junkins (Texas)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
this book enough time but I stopped around page 70. I was in the mood for a quick fluffy romance novel and this was a bit too slow moving for me. Plus I was not real fond of the 'hero' - he was injured in the war and decided to settle on a widow for marriage and she rejected him. It just did not catch my attention.
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