The time, place and characters, even references to music, in the novel took me back to younger days, and while my own trials and tribulations of that time were not those of these characters, the struggles bear similarities. The book reveals how different facets of love touch the characters--family love, friendship love, sexual love, puppy love, sadistic love, romantic love, obsessive love, idealistic love--and how their lives are affected. It was as if i could have been a part of the story without actually being a character mentioned in the book, because these were people i knew or could have known, and the pacing of the book kept my interest to find out what would happen next in each storyline. Mainly, however, it reminded me that somewhere back in 1978, there remains a kiss on my lips and a sweet slow dance for the boy next door. Thanks for the memories, Mr. Reeves! Looking forward to more...