The History Of Love By Nicole Krauss

     I am currently reading "The History Of Love" By Nicole Krauss. It is a book set in New York about an old man named Leopold Gursky, a writer and a WWII refugee, who left to America when he was a young man during the war in pursuit of his lover, who married another man when he was gone. It also follows the story of Alma, a young girl whose mother is trying to cope with the death of her husband. Alma is set on finding a new man for her mother.
     The relationship of Alma and her friend Misha is very interesting. Misha moved to New York from Russia when he was thirteen, and Alma began using him as a pen pal to keep him company. They became friends fast, and when Alma was fourteen and Misha fifteen, Alma began to have feelings for him. However, when Misha kisses her, she acts very awkward, and tells him she doesn't like him. However, she obviously does. Alma is so caught up in finding her mother love, that she doesn't recognize it when it's staring her right in the face.
     I believe that though you should do things for others, at the same time you should focus on yourself, too. If you are so caught up in someone else, you can never gain anything for your own well-being. This is the case with Alma.