The Ballad of Gussie & Clyde: A True Story of True Love | 
 enlarge | Author: Aaron Latham
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1111382
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0679456759
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.70846
EAN: 9780679456759
ASIN: 0679456759
Publication Date: May 6, 1997
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Condition: Publisher: VillardDate of Publication: 1997Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Very GoodDescription: 0679456759 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1997 Villard Hard Cover
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Product Description
As romantic as The Bridges of Madison County, this moving, revealing, true story recounts the tale of an elderly couple, Clyde Latham and Gussie Lancaster, who find love in their eighties.
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 I just met Gussie . what a TREASURE! July 28, 2007
I read 'The Ballad of Gussie & Clyde' long ago .. but a weekend ago I was at her stepson's daughter's wedding and I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with her .. what a TREASURE she is .. The book is a true story .. of Aaron Latham's Dad and the wonderful, Gussie, he met & married after losing his wife .. I just adored her .. she does NOT look 94 .. NO way .. She is a beautiful lady .. both inside & out .. You MUST read this wonderful, TRUE, love story .. you just must ..
Saying it was not written well? .. WRONG . it was written as it happened .. I adored it as did the people I gave it to .. I think I shall read it again . now that I have met her!
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What a pleasure! August 28, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A sweet,hope-filled story that was a pleasure to read. The story moves along nicely, no bog downs, and was a quick read.
 Nice, but does not deliver December 27, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was a nice, quick read, but i was left unsatisfied. The writing style is very simplistic, and although whimsical at times, i found it too basic. Sometimes the book reads like a composition assignment written by a high-school kid. If you are looking for an account on elderly love, pick up _Spence + Lila_, by Bobbie Ann Mason. In that excellent novella, an elderly couple faces together the medical problems of Lila. That book made me believe that true love is possible!
A wonderful TRUE love story. December 13, 1998
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fast reading as it is such a wonderful sharing of a love story...and it is TRUE...The characters are so well defined..you feel you know them personally within a few pages of the book. I have never met Aaron or his daughter, father, stepmother but I did grow up with his wife and do know his mother in law...and it is a most incredible house on the ocean...but I feel that I now know Aaron and the rest of his family as well and I adore them all.
One of the most heart-warming stories I have ever read! August 7, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just loved this book! It was so encouraging to read a story written by a man who cares so deeply about his father. Not to say that men don't usually care about their elderly parents, but in today's world, so often we see "old folks" cast aside and forgotten by their children. Also, anyone who has lost a parent could relate to this story because it is very hard to have to watch one parent "go on alone." Clyde and Gussie are both such believable characters and they make this "pretty old world" look pretty darn good at eighty years old! This is truly a beautiful love story! Thanks Mr. Latham!
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