Book Review

Lost and Found Lovers: Facts and Fantasies of Rekindled Romances
by Nancy Kalish, Ph.D.
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 1997

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About the Book
Ever wonder what happens to lovers who reunite after years apart? Ever wonder what might happen if you rediscovered your Lost Love? The 1,001 people from all over the world who participated in Dr. Kalish's renowned Lost Love Project did exactly that -- and they prove the timeless power of rekindled romance.

From Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca to Luke and Laura on General Hospital; from Tristan and Iseult to Prince Charles and Lady Camilla Parker Bowles, Lost and Found Love has captured our imaginations throughout history. With all this interest within popular culture, one would think that renewed love would have long been a fertile area of research for social scientists. Surprisingly, there had been nothing published at all!

"True love -- I mean gooey, kissy-face, rip-snorting love of the romantic type poets sang and wrote about long ago -- does exist." So wrote a man who rekindled a romance after 30 years, on a questionnaire created by psychologist Nancy Kalish, Ph.D., to study people who loved each other, parted, and then tried to renew their relationship years later.

Now, after two years of research and more than 1,000 respondents, she shares her findings about why rekindled romances work -- and what to do if you'd like to try to rekindle yours. Included are intensely romantic accounts in the lovers' own words, detailing happy endings despite decades of separation, geographical distance, and family or personal upheavals.

Ever wonder what might happen if you rediscovered that "special someone" who captured your heart way back when? The 1,001 people who participated in Dr. Nancy Kalish's renowned Lost Love Project did exactly that -- and they prove the timeless power of rekindled love.

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About the Author
Nancy Kalish, Ph.D. has taught psychology at Monmouth University (N.J.), Loyola University of Chicago, and is currently a professor of developmental psychology at California State University.

Dr. Kalish has appeared as a guest expert on numerous radio and television programs to discuss first love, puppy love, lost love, and rekindled romances. National television appearances have included Montel, NBC News, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Maury Povich, ABC News 20/20, and CNN, as well as radio shows all over the world, including CBC (Canada), BBC (United Kingdom), The Osgood File and National Public Radio's The Morning Edition and All Things Considered, Her rekindled romance research has generated articles in newspapers from small, hometown publications to USA Today, and as far away as Japan (Kyodo News Service), Taiwan, India, Israel, England, Australia, and China. Magazines that have featured her Lost Love Project include Psychology Today, Men's Health, Self, Mademoiselle, Redbook, Modern Maturity, Chatelaine (Canada), German Cosmo, and Donna Moderno (Italy).

In addition to her Lost Love research, Dr. Kalish has published theater and movie reviews in newspapers in New Jersey and California, and has had numerous professional articles published in linguistics and psychological journals. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Division 46 (Media Psychology).

The Review
If you ever thought about searching for a "Lost Love",then Lost and Found Lovers is a "must read" for you! Dr. Nancy Kalish has spent the past 11 years researching the "lost love" phenomenon. Her book, Lost and Found Lovers: Facts and Fantasies of Rekindled Romances can be considered "the bible" of "lost loves".

Both her book and the accompanying web site ( www.lostlovers.com ) chronicle many "lost love" reunions, and includes many stories from people that have been there, done that. The good, the bad, the heartache and the joy. Although it isn't a "how-to" guide on "lost love", the personal stories and research statistics contained within are more than a glimpse into the reality of rekindling, or the attempts to rekindle a "lost love".

Dr. Kalish pulls no punches. Nothing is sugar coated. Nothing exaggerated. This is the only realistic look at these special relationships that I have found so far.

~Trixie, January 2005

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