abstract:"Longing for You" is an American song performed by a number of popular artists in the 1950s and is based on a German song written by Oscar Straus written 1906/7 called EIN WALZERTRAUM (A WALTZ DREAM.
Orlean writes sentences that make you ache with longingfor moments in the past, those by which each person individually defines happiness, whether it be the comforts of a beloved pet or the joy of reading a great book like this one.