Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Hardcover)

from miyurose

This book grabbed me, pretty much from the beginning. Rocky is a young boy who idolizes his cool older brother, even when it seems like things aren't going so well for him. Even when he abandons Rocky in the woods. Even when he disappears, his high school girlfriend along for the ride. Rocky is l...

from Nise

Richard "Rocky" has worshipped his older brother much to his mother's frustration. She sees his half brother as a bad influence that Paul cements when he leaves 8 year old Rocky alone in a park at night after giving him beer and cigarettes. When Paul and his girlfriend Leigh disappear the next da...

from jldarden

I will skip a description of the book as that can already be found. Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this story. This is the type of well written, multi-faceted literary fiction I am finding interesting these days. The author weave the storylines together well and does not seem to lose track...

from kbranfield

4.5 stars. Utilizing an array of classic rock music as a backdrop, Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington is a captivating coming of age novel set in the '70s & '80s. Richard "Rocky" Askew adores and idolizes his much older half-brother Paul. Viewed as the small town's resident bad boy...

from Irishreader

I listened to this book on CD compliments of the publisher and LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I enjoyed this book a lot. I love Southern novels,coming of age books, and small town life books. This one hit all three. It made driving around quite enjoyable for several weeks!