When I was 12 years old, my mother gave me her yellowed copy of "Love Story," a novel by Erich Segal that was published when she was a teenager. She was cleaning out the garage and saved the paperback from the yard sale pile, along with her collection of vinyl records including classic albums by Simon & Garfunkel, Carly Simon, and Carole King she thought I would enjoy. I was in love from the first page, the first paragraph, the first sentence. It's the only novel I’ve ever read more than once; I return to it again and again.