How They Met: True Stories of the Power of Serendipity in Finding Lasting Love

You never know when it might happen: love might be right around the corner, down the block, or across the aisle from you on your next flight. Stories of how people met are endlessly fascinating and also serve as reminders that we all need to be ready for anything, including meeting the love of your life when you least expect it, even when you’re schlepping the garbage bins to the curb in your old flannel jammies. Composer and beloved songwriter David Friedman has written many a love song, but this is his first book on the world’s favorite subject. He embarked on collecting couple’s stories of “How they Met” over a decade ago while recovering from a breakup, as a kind of “heart healing” and therapeutic project. Plus, it can’t hurt to discover how people meet their true loves in real life, right?

What Friedman learned was utterly surprising―there was always an element of serendipity, and planning had nothing to do with it. Along the way, what started out as a path to moving forward became a mission to better understand matters of the heart. David Friedman has traveled all over North America in this study of true romance and has talked to people from every walk of life, from devout churchgoers to same sex couples to celebrities. Among others, How They Met shares the moving stories of how Lucie Arnaz met her famous mate, Lawrence Luckinbill, and the unexpected story of Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford’s friendship turning to romance. This inspiring read is wonderfully romantic, and it also offers the comfort that even if you are looking for love in all the wrong places, love can find YOU – perhaps when you least expect it!