There is nothing I love more than a good paperback from the 70s, that delicious tea yellow color of the pages and he retro covers...
Love is Never Enough was published in 1971 by good old Scholastic Books. When I got it (from somewhere, I don't know where!) I didn't realize it was a YA novel for those times but it is.
Love Is Never Enough features a very young couple (she's 17, he's still in college) who unexpectedly have a baby and have to get married. The book is through the eyes of the young mother who feels isolated in their small trailer, doesn't feel like she fits in with her husband's college friends, and feels the general malaise of being a housewife without a purpose.
The book has a wonderful retro tone and definitely speaks from the early 70s, but the theme could just as well be suited today's young mother's who are not ready to give up their lives to focus entirely on a baby and marriage.
I don't believe you would find this book anywhere but on Ebay - maybe - but this post is mainly about snatching up these retro novels when you find them. Books today can replicate the 70s tone, but you feel the authenticity in a romance actually written during that time.
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