I don't know why I haven't learned my lesson a long time ago on this one, but I recently watched the movie version of Feast of Love. The books was really amazing, but the movie was pretty bad.  Sometimes I have to do this to remind myself that books really are better than movies most of the time.  Hence, I should read more.

Anyway, Feast of Love (the book) is really sad, but definately worth it.  The book portrays a clueless man and an aging philosophy professor who both learn a lot about love from a young, fearless couple in love.  The interesting thing is that the young couple includes a recovering heroine addict and an astrology-loving runaway who work in a coffee shop.  This a great because usually these types of books either feature ambitious young people trying to save the world or people in unfortunate circumstances trying desparately to recover so they can be the ones saving the world.  Charles Baxter just lets us accept, and eventually love, these characters exactly as they are.