TY - BOOK AU - Lauren,Christina TI - Love and other words SN - 9781501190537 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Gallery Books KW - First loves KW - Fiction KW - Reunions KW - Alienation (Social psychology) KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Physicians KW - San Francisco (Calif.) KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes Gallery readers group guide (pages 409-420) N2 - "Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos--the first and only love of her life--the careful bubble she's constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy's entire world--growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her"-- ER -