One True Theory of Love

Written by Laura Fitzgerald

Narrated by Julia Whelan

The national bestselling author of Veil of Roses makes her NAL debut with a stand-out commercial women?s novel that?s smart, funny, sad, and uplifting.

Since the love of her life betrayed her, Meg has had a hard time putting into practice her Hokey-Pokey Theory of Life, which demands that you put your whole self in. What?s the point of opening yourself up if your heart comes back a little more broken each time? These days, Meg and her nine-year-old son Henry are taking on the world in their own lively way, and it?s enough.

Then Meg unexpectedly finds love in the form of an exotically handsome Iranian-American who befriends her and Henry over a game of chess in a coffee shop. When Meg takes another leap of faith, she begins to discover that in order to heal you have to hurt, but most of all you have to live your life and put your whole self in.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Aug 8, 2010
• ISBN: 9781441839671

Laura Fitzgerald

A native of Wisconsin, Laura Fitzgerald lives in Arizona with her husband, who is of Iranian descent, and their two children. Her favorite part of being an author is interacting with readers and attending book clubs by phone and in person.

Reviews for One True Theory of Love

[darkchocolate_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A delightful romance about an elementary school teacher, who is a single Mom and puts "her whole self" into whatever she does.

[24girl_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Single mother to nine-year-old Henry, Meg has been on her own since the day she told her husband she was pregnant. That same day he told her was seeing someone else and he walked out of her life and hasn’t been back since.For nine years it has been just Henry and Meg struggling through life but a chance encounter at Lulu’s Café changes their life when the outrageously handsome Ahmed wants Meg to take a leap of faith and allow him into their lives. Initially Meg fends off Ahmed’s advances but then Meg remembers her own theory on life. Just like the Hokey-Pokey you have to throw your whole self into life to be truly happy and she decides to let him in.With her own failed marriage, her sister’s unhappy marriage, her parents on the verge of divorce and blast from the past in the form of a phone call from her ex-husband can Meg really find true love the second time around?One True Theory of Love really snuck up on me. It took me a while to get through the beginning of the book but the last 2/3 of it made up for the slow start. By the end of the book I had cried twice (but according to my book club friends, I was the only one who did LOL). It was surprising that I was so drawn in by the characters that it affected so much but this was a charming romance that took truly gave me a much needed break from the realities of life. I highly recommend this one for anyone who loves a happy ending.

[saffron12_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was excited to read this book because I loved the author's A Veil of Roses, which I read as soon as my local library received it. The reason I read the that book over two years ago was because my husband is persian, as are the majority of the characters in A Veil of Roses. At the time I read that book, I had no clue that we would be moving to Tucson, where both of these books take place, a year later. One of the strengths of One True Theory is that it is very grounded in place, in setting. Having lived in Tucson nearly a year now, I knew where just about every landmark and intereseciton was located, or even what it looks like. Fitzgerald even mentioned the Persian restaurant Ali Baba, which we are very familiar with (but she did not mention what they ate. . . I would like to imagine that they ate the koobideh kabob, as that is the best item on their menu.)Though the point of the book seems to be Meg's relationship with her son Henry, and her remaining anger about her exhusband, in addition to the romance and growing love with Ahmed, the real focus of the book seems to be "father issues": Meg's relationship with her father, Ahmed's relationship with his father, Henry's non-existant father (and that he wants one), and so on. Because of Ahmed's issues, and the fact that he was sent to live with his American grandparents in Wisconsin, he is just beginning to reclaim his Persian heritage. One thing that is irritating, however, is that Ahmed's first name is Arabic! He (his character) would have been born at a time when many parents in Iran were picking names that were more specifically Persian as opposed to Arabic. . . as was the case for my husband. . . so part of that doesn't ring true for me. Overall, I enjoyed the story, the romance, and I would not be opposed to a sequel. However, I liked A Veil of Roses more, and need to re-read that book!