Man, Woman, and Child

By Erich Segal,

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From Erich Segal comes an unforgettable story of love: the drama of a father and the son he never knew . . . and a marriage that must stand the greatest test of all.

Bob and Sheila Beckwith had everything: rewarding careers, two wonderful daughters, and a perfect marriage .…

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1 author picked Man, Woman, and Child as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Stylistically, Erich Segal is my idol because he has a distinct, crisp, clean writing style that he could leverage for dramatic effect. I was intrigued by the fact that he was a classicist by profession; I myself minored in Latin and Greek at the university.

Segal wrote successfully not only for scholarly readers but also for the general public, which is not an easy feat. Segal claimed that Love Story ruined his academic career, but this is actually the book people remember him for today. As a young woman, I enjoyed his novel Love Story, but as a middle-aged…

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