For many years, my favorite feature in the mostly-lousy newspaper my parents subscribed to (in fairness it was the paper of record in the mostly lousy town we lived in), was the Mike Royko column. Earlier this year the University of Chicago Press offered Royko in Love as their free e-book of the month and I eagerly downloaded it, then forgot about it, finally reading it several months later.
The book is the compilation of love letters he wrote to his friend/girlfriend/fiancee/wife while he was stationed at the Air Force base in Washington state and she was home in Chicago. The best letter, unfortunately, is the very first one; the humor and observations on life give way, and quickly, to a series of 'I love you, I miss you, only-so-many-days till I see you' ramblings.
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