Shirley Abbott
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Shirley Abbott’s three critically acclaimed
memoirs have been called “illuminating,” “spellbinding,” and “powerful.” The New York Times called The Bookmaker’s Daughter, “a haunting memoir,” People said it was an “elegant and evocative portrait,” and USA Today praised Abbott as “a graceful and sensitive memoirist.” Newsweek lauded Womenfolks as a “genuine pleasure to read” and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution called it “eloquent and analytical.” And Carolyn See, in her review of Love’s Apprentice in the Washington Post Book World, wrote “It’s one pure form of American experience, and thank goodness [Abbott] wrote it down.”
Now, Abbott has crafted a brilliant debut novel, THE FUTURE OF LOVE, set in New York in 2001. In the spirit of an East Coast Tales of the City, eight compelling characters—involved in fragile, yet often loving relationships—walk in and out of each other’s lives in one Greenwich Village brownstone.
As Abbott masterfully reveals their thoughts and desires—Antonia imagining her future with Sam (a November/November affair) as she clears out her deceased husband’s clothes; her son-in-law Mark thinking about a furtive meeting with his lover while watching his young daughter at the playground; Sam’s wife Edith’s unfortunate, yet successful attempt to find incriminating email on her husband’s computer; Arty, faithfully denying the impending death of his long-time partner—she thoroughly engages her readers.
THE FUTURE OF LOVE invites us to see the possibility of happiness for these very real people, even as their beloved city is tested in unimaginable ways. And, as we are drawn into their lives—before and after—we are forced, as they are, to see the world anew.
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