Amore e-bog

As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of Americas youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex. Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, divorce and rape are rare, and ciao, bella is a constant refrain.In Amore, Friedland shares the stories of his familys enchanted and unnerving passage into the heart of Rome, and considers its lessons for America, where love is at risk.Amore is a love story, a fathers exploration of the ways of life and love in Rome, and what they have to teach us about the erosion of romance in America.