Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad
The author ofThinning the Herdturns the spotlight on love and the crazy things we do in its name.Inspired by the romantic misadventures she’s witnessed in her own family, Cynthia Ceilán takes us jauntily through real-life stories about love: what demented things we do in its name, the wildly unusual choices people make in their selection of a mate, and the joys and horrors of saying goodbye to a relationship that has long overstayed its welcome. Here are some of the delightfully wicked secrets she reveals:“Normal” is in the eye (and the bedsprings) of the beholder, especially when it comes to happily married conjoined twins—and the young man who falls in love with his guitar.