The Myth of Romantic Love

"The Myth of Romantic Love, a novel by Olivia Eielson, asks the question, 'Is true love a myth or is it real?' The protagonist, Louise Borgstrum, has devoted her life to becoming a painter and does not want to subordinate this ambition to a relationship - and then she falls madly in love. This story takes place in the 1970s, a time when many myths were being called into question. Until then, it had been an accepted fact that a woman's life was a failure if she wasn't married by th