What is it that makes a family? Certainly no document does, no legal pronouncement or accident of birth. Follow-up to Question 5: Consider the quotation in full (from which the question above is taken): 'What is it that makes a family?' This question lies at the heart of the novel. What does Lucille bring to the mix of personalities? How do you see her role?ĥ. It can get awfully complicated.' Does it sadden you to realize that such a dark view of life and love comes from a teenager? Or is it preferable that young people attain wisdom or caution early on?Ĥ. Care to comment on Maddy's observation about love: 'But the longer I live, the more I come to see that love is not so easy for everyone. What drives Maddy to the graveyard? How would you define Maddy and her father's relationship? What is it about Arthur that attracts Maddy, eventually inspiring her to coin the name Truluv?ģ.

What is it about the cemetary that offers him solace?Ģ. How would you describe Arthur Moses? Although many of us (are you one?) find graveyards somewhat disconcerting, even eerie, Arthur finds comfort in visiting Nora's grave. “Elizabeth Berg reminds us of both the richness of any human life and the heart’s needed resilience.”-Jane Hirshfield, author of The Beauty: Poemsġ. It makes the rest of us-strivers and preeners and malcontents-seem almost irrelevant.”-Richard Russo, author of Everybody’s Fool “I don't know if I’ve ever read a more affecting book about the natural affinity between the young and the elderly than Elizabeth Berg’s The Story of Arthur Truluv. His story will make you laugh and cry, and will show you a love that never ends, and what it means to be truly human.”-Fannie Flagg, author of The Whole Town’s Talking I dare you to read this novel and not fall in love with Arthur Truluv. “Elizabeth Berg’s characters jump right off the page and into your heart.

Redemptive without being maudlin, this story of two misfits lucky to have found one another will tug at readers’ heartstrings.”-Booklist

Critical Praise: “Fans of Meg Wolitzer, Emma Straub, or Berg’s previous novels will appreciate the richly complex characters and clear prose.

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