A Lovely Reminder to Savor the Ordinary: A Review of Life: A Love Story

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ll admit, I expected Life: A Love Story to send my sappy meter straight into the red. Happily, it didn’t. This was warm, thoughtful, and heartfelt without laying the sentiment on with a trowel. At 92, Florence “Flo” Greene knows her time is short, so she begins writing to Ruthie, the young woman who grew up next door and became like a daughter to her. Through those letters, Flo looks back on her marriage, friendships, mistakes, joys, and a few truths she kept tucked away for years. At the same time, she is still meddling—in the best possible way—in the lives of the people around her. This is very […]

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