Well, I'll introduce a new book. I read Love Story by Erich Segal. Publisher was Oxford University Press, so the book wasn't so long and difficult for me to read.
This is a love story about Oliver and Jennifer. Oliver Barrett the Fourth is a big Harvard sportsman. He's rich, he's clever, he's good with girls. His father is a rich banker in Boston. Jennifer Cavilleri is a music student. She's beautiful, she's clever… and she thinks big Harvard sportsmen are stupid. Her father is a poor baker in Rhode Island. Oliver meets Jennifer at the library on the Radcliffe campus. They fall in love and get married even though Oliver's father informs him that if he marries Jenny, he will be cut off from the family fortune. One day, however, a doctor tells them that Jennifer has a fatal type of leukemia and doesn't have much time left. Jennifer becomes so ill that she agrees to be placed in the hospital. Oliver stops going to work, preferring to be at Jennifer's side as often as she will allow. Oliver wants Jennifer to have everything she needs, so he goes to his father and asks for five thousand dollars without telling his father why. However, Jennifer's health declines quickly and she died. When Oliver leaves the hospital after his wife's death, he finds his father rushing in. Oliver's father has just learned of Jennifer's illness and has come to support his son. Oliver allows himself to be consoled in his father's arms for the first time since he was a small child.
I was moved by the story. There are the words "Love means you never have to say you're sorry." in the book. I think they are so wonderful. In next blog, I will introduce another book!
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