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Amherst By William Nicholson

This book successfully delves deeply into the question, what is love? Two love stories are alternately told: one between Emily Dickinson’s brother Austin Dickinson and a much younger woman, Mabel Todd, an Amherst professor’s wife. The other is a love story 100 years later about a woman named Alice, who is researching a screenplay about the infamous Dickinson affair. Add to the mix the enigmatic poetry of Emily Dickinson, and this novel gives the reader a thoughtful, passionate, intelligent read. It reminds us all to “love all you can...”

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