After Alison van Diggelen moves to a charming coastal village, she is inspired by her mother’s transformative, late-in-life love story. However, when a traumatic encounter upends Alison’s world, despite being a lifelong optimist, she becomes anxious and fearful.
But her mother’s wisdom motivates her to find hope by connecting with her new community using the lens of love. Alison has intimate conversations with thirty neighbors, exploring the profound question: “What does love mean to you?”
The Love Project is a soul-stirring, illuminating, and often humorous odyssey in which Alison learns important truths about life and the complexities of love. Against a backdrop of hardship and wealth, she meets a widower grappling with lost love, a rebellious teen conflicted by family trauma, an immigrant with a life-changing epiphany, and a dog lover with a secret nightlife passion. Each story adds unique threads to a tapestry that leads Alison from darkness into light.
A celebration of all types of love, this transformational tale is about rediscovering connection, redefining purpose, and realizing that sometimes, the greatest adventures happen right on our doorstep.