Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story
- 作者
- 出版社 Atria Books
- 出版时间 2015年8月
- ISBN 1501105779 或 9781501105777
- 定价 70.90
内容简介
FromtheUSATODAYbestsellingauthorofSweetThingandNowhereButHerecomesalovestoryaboutaCraigslist“missedconnection”postthatgivestwopeopleasecondchanceatlovefifteenyearsaftertheywereseparatedinNewYorkCity.
TotheGreen-eyedLovebird:
Wemetfifteenyearsago,almosttotheday,whenImovedmystuffintotheNYUdormroomnexttoyoursatSeniorHouse.
Youcalledusfastfriends.Iliketothinkitwasmore.
Welivedonnothingbuttheexcitementoffindingourselvesthroughmusic(youwereobsessedwithJeffBuckley),photography(Icouldn’tstoptakingpicturesofyou),hangingoutinWashingtonSquarePark,andalltheweirdthingswedidtomakemoney.Ilearnedmoreaboutmyselfthatyearthananyother.
Yet,somehow,itallfellapart.WelosttouchthesummeraftergraduationwhenIwenttoSouthAmericatoworkforNationalGeographic.WhenIcameback,youweregone.ApartofmestillwondersifIpushedyoutoohardafterthewedding…
Ididn’tseeyouagainuntilamonthago.ItwasaWednesday.Youwererockingbackonyourheels,balancingonthatthickyellowlinethatrunsalongthesubwayplatform,waitingfortheFtrain.Ididn’tknowitwasyouuntilitwastoolate,andthenyouweregone.Again.Yousaidmyname;Isawitonyourlips.Itriedtowillthetraintostop,justsoIcouldsayhello.
Afterseeingyou,alloftheyouthfulfeelingsandmemoriescamefloodingbacktome,andnowI’vespentthebetterpartofamonthwonderingwhatyourlifeislike.Imightbetotallyoutofmymind,butwouldyouliketogetadrinkwithmeandcatchuponthelastdecadeandahalf?
M
TotheGreen-eyedLovebird:
Wemetfifteenyearsago,almosttotheday,whenImovedmystuffintotheNYUdormroomnexttoyoursatSeniorHouse.
Youcalledusfastfriends.Iliketothinkitwasmore.
Welivedonnothingbuttheexcitementoffindingourselvesthroughmusic(youwereobsessedwithJeffBuckley),photography(Icouldn’tstoptakingpicturesofyou),hangingoutinWashingtonSquarePark,andalltheweirdthingswedidtomakemoney.Ilearnedmoreaboutmyselfthatyearthananyother.
Yet,somehow,itallfellapart.WelosttouchthesummeraftergraduationwhenIwenttoSouthAmericatoworkforNationalGeographic.WhenIcameback,youweregone.ApartofmestillwondersifIpushedyoutoohardafterthewedding…
Ididn’tseeyouagainuntilamonthago.ItwasaWednesday.Youwererockingbackonyourheels,balancingonthatthickyellowlinethatrunsalongthesubwayplatform,waitingfortheFtrain.Ididn’tknowitwasyouuntilitwastoolate,andthenyouweregone.Again.Yousaidmyname;Isawitonyourlips.Itriedtowillthetraintostop,justsoIcouldsayhello.
Afterseeingyou,alloftheyouthfulfeelingsandmemoriescamefloodingbacktome,andnowI’vespentthebetterpartofamonthwonderingwhatyourlifeislike.Imightbetotallyoutofmymind,butwouldyouliketogetadrinkwithmeandcatchuponthelastdecadeandahalf?
M
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