Royko in Love: Mike's Letters to Carol
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226730786 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
R PRIUS said Poignant, Passionate, And Funny. A couple of months after his first wife's death, columnist Mike Royko wrote a piece that commemorated her birthday. It was heartbreaking and moving in its simplicity and provided a small window into their relationship. This collection of letters from Mike (or Mick as he was then known) to Carol provides greater insite into their relationship as Mike (then an airman stationed in Blaine WA) begins his distant courtship of Carol in earnest through letters.They were an unlikely couple. Carol was movie star beautiful with many suitors and Mike was an ordinary guy who loved her from afar from the time he was. What letters -- and books -- and romance -- should be You don't have to love Royko to love 'Royko in Love.' You don't even even have to know who he was. That's the beauty of Royko's words and the beauty of this terrific book. It's a great read from start to finish. It's a love story from Mike to Carol and from their son right back to his parents. These are vibrant, heartbreaking, funny, funny letters written by one of our nation's finest writers. Nobody tells a story like Royko. What a rare treat to read him telling the toughest, and softest, story of all -- his own.. "I fell in love with this book!" according to Shannon. I just fell in love with this book. I couldn't put it down. You can feel the love, the desperation, the longing, the frustrationall of it. I don't know Mike Royko as a writer but this book touched me. I enjoyed every moment of it. Knowing these people really existed, that that kind of love really exists just made this book all the more interesting and enjoyable to read. It is the most romantic book I have ever read.
The letters are funny, full of love, longing and hope for the future, and each contains the seed of the talent that would make Royko the most celebrated journalist of his time.”. "Mike Royko's tough, witty columns made him famous, but true fans know that the columns in which he revealed his soft side were among his most memorable. Royko in Love is the young Royko opening his heart, using letters to court the woman who was the love of his life
Collected here for the first time, Royko’s letters to Carol are a mixture of sweet seduction, sarcastic observations on military life, a Chicago kid’s wry view of rural folk, the pain of self-doubt, and the fear of losing what is finally so close, but literally so far. His only weapons against Carol’s many suitors were his pen, his ardor, and his brilliance. Street-smart, wickedly funny, piercingly perceptive, and eloquent enough to win a Pulitzer Prize, Mike Royko continues to have legions of devoted fans who still wonder “what Royko would have said” about some outrageous piece of news. Before leaving for Korea, he was crushed to hear she was getting married, but after returning to Blaine Air Force Base in Washington, he learned she was getting a divorce. And they won her heart.. He had been in love with her since they were kids on Chicago’s north