From the publisher
Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Only You . . . relates Eileen Obser's personal experience growing up in Queens, New York-her doomed-to-fail marriage at eighteen to a nineteen-year-old boy from their candy store crowd. Eileen shows how two naive, uninformed teenagers were influenced by social and religious pressures, to disastrous consequences. --- "Only You is a poignant rite of passage story, one that stays with the reader long after turning the last page. . .She speaks freely about the sexual complications that occurred in her marriage and the difficulties of keeping her burdensome secret . . . Hers is a story of breaking taboos, all the while wondering why things have gone so terribly wrong. She emerges intact-hers is the healthiest of approaches: getting to analyze and write about life with all its surprising complexities." -Lou Ann Walker, author, A Loss for Words, Editor-in-Chief, TSR, TheSouthamptonReview --- "This gripping memoir has the earmarks of a good mystery, in this case, a very human and emotional one made stronger by its clear and uncluttered realistic prose. Obser's expert juggling of different time periods provides depth and resonance to the narrative. . .The context of Eileen's story is what gives this memoir its power. The time of the narrative, the fifties, is evoked with skillful use of popular references . . . and specific details about her personal life. " -Laura Polla Scanlon, Author, Storekeepers, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, City University of New York About the Author: Eileen Obser is a freelance writer, editor, and teacher. Her stories and personal essays, humor and light verse have appeared in The Washington Post, Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, The East Hampton Star, Proteus, among other publications. She lives on the east end of Long Island, in East Hampton, New York."
