Katrin leaves Jone after 13 years of marriage. Jone moves to Barcelona, where he strikes up an affair with Ingvild. Ingvild cultivates her spiritual life in a way that makes it impossible for her to be there for the daughter she has with Robert. Robert seizes the opportunity to kiss his neighbour, Rita, at a communal work session. Rita has decided to give up on Erlend, who is writing a book on famous love letter correspondences.

In this novel, Anne Gjeitanger explores the nature of love. The everyday and often complicated love between two people is held up against historical, mythical and religious relationships. Beautifully written, The Love Book deals intelligently with a subject that is arguably the most burning one for us all.