Louisa Meets Bear

“Gornick detonates moments of loss, lust, and love . . . Readers will marvel at the smoke rising from these explosive pages . . . A deeply felt book.” —Mary Kay Zuravleff, author of American Ending When Louisa and Bear meet at Princeton in 1975, sparks fly. Louisa is the sexually adventurous daughter of a geneticist, Bear the volatile son of a plumber. They dive headfirst into a passionate affair that will alter the course of their lives, changing how they define th