The Lover's Dictionary

Autonomy, n.
'I want my books to have their own shelves,' you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.
A nameless couple meet,
   fall in love,
     move in together,
       and then the hard work of loving each begins.

Told as a series of dictionary entries, The Lover's Dictionary is an intimate portrait of a relationship in all its guises; a compelling, deeply romantic story of two people loving each other: passionately, imperfectly.
Through these short entries, Levithan opens an intimate window into the couple's space, giving a name to their everyday struggles, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.