Readers will fall head over heels for this nostalgic and irreverent collection.Twenty-six bestselling authors return to the teenage bedrooms, school hallways and college dorms of their youth to share passionate essays of love lost and found and lessons learned along the way. Whether heartbreaking or hilarious, their soul-baring honesty reminds us to keep reaching for true love wherever we can find it and for as long as it takes. Their intimate reflections will fascinate and move any reader who remembers her first love.
Introduction / Andrea N. Richesin --
What I kept / Jacquelyn Mitchard --
When it was all brand-new / Rebecca Walker --
A bruise for every broken heart / Kerry Cohen --
Sweet nothings / Robert Wilder --
The boy in the white VW bug / Ann Hood --
Creative writing / David Levithan --
Three little words / Lauren Oliver --
How Duran Duran saved my life / Katherine Center --
What good is sitting alone in your room? / Jon Skovron --
When we two parted / Sheila Kohler --
To Sir Anthony, with love / Daria Snadowsky --
It never was, not really / Steve Almond --
Red all over / Tara Bray Smith --
Consequently yours / Laurie Faria Stolarz --
Crush me / Suzanne Finnamore --
Love, illustrated / Melissa Walker --
What we know now / Katie Herzog --
Just a friend / Brendan Halpin --
Adam / Amy Greene --
My romantic past : a mix tape / Emily Franklin --
The subtle art of crush-suffocating / Joshua Mohr --
Olfactory / Catherine Newman --
Uncle Greg, a giant chicken, and the murderous pottery wheel / Heather Swain --
Giving up the ghost / Melissa Febos --
What Kitty taught me / Christopher Coake --
Before it gets complicated / Rebecca Woolf
Readers will fall head over heels for this nostalgic and irreverent collection.Twenty-six bestselling authors return to the teenage bedrooms, school hallways and college dorms of their youth to share passionate essays of love lost and found and lessons learned along the way. Whether heartbreaking or hilarious, their soul-baring honesty reminds us to keep reaching for true love wherever we can find it and for as long as it takes. Their intimate reflections will fascinate and move any reader who remembers her first love.
Introduction / Andrea N. Richesin --
What I kept / Jacquelyn Mitchard --
When it was all brand-new / Rebecca Walker --
A bruise for every broken heart / Kerry Cohen --
Sweet nothings / Robert Wilder --
The boy in the white VW bug / Ann Hood --
Creative writing / David Levithan --
Three little words / Lauren Oliver --
How Duran Duran saved my life / Katherine Center --
What good is sitting alone in your room? / Jon Skovron --
When we two parted / Sheila Kohler --
To Sir Anthony, with love / Daria Snadowsky --
It never was, not really / Steve Almond --
Red all over / Tara Bray Smith --
Consequently yours / Laurie Faria Stolarz --
Crush me / Suzanne Finnamore --
Love, illustrated / Melissa Walker --
What we know now / Katie Herzog --
Just a friend / Brendan Halpin --
Adam / Amy Greene --
My romantic past : a mix tape / Emily Franklin --
The subtle art of crush-suffocating / Joshua Mohr --
Olfactory / Catherine Newman --
Uncle Greg, a giant chicken, and the murderous pottery wheel / Heather Swain --
Giving up the ghost / Melissa Febos --
What Kitty taught me / Christopher Coake --
Before it gets complicated / Rebecca Woolf