Jennifer Lea writes for jlogged.com, and is co-owner of 
Don’t let the cover fool you…it’s evil
The children’s book Love You Forever should come standard with a large bottle of Prozac. Seriously every time I read this book I am reduced to a sniveling, pathetic, cry baby. My kids always giggle and think I’m nuts when my voice gets increasingly higher, and a snot/tear combo drip down my face as the book nears the end. And although the mom in the book has some serious boundary issues (I mean, only a lunatic would drive across town, climb a ladder to her 30 year old son’s second story window, pick him up with her super old lady strength, and sing him a lullaby while he sleeps in a coma like state) she still makes me want to curl up in fetal position with a stiff drink and not think about my mortality.
It should have a warning on the front: “This book will break you!”
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:44 am
I read that book for the first time when I was 22, maybe 23. Upon completion I hurled the book across the room, which the book gracefully landed, turned to me and said “your tears are delicious.”
I’ll stick with more heart warming and happy literature, such as the Necronomicon.
-A
July 29th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I liked the book when I first read it and thought it was so sweet… but now, as a mom to boys, I think it’s a little weird. Cute and sweet, still, but a little weird…