Outskirts Press, INC.

Do you know love?

What if love could not just be intellectually known, but proven and authenticated with the precision of skilled gemologist? An extravagant Christmas gift of a diamond necklace began the author’s decades-long quest to understand treasured, immortal, captivating and scintillating aspects of the intangible thing we call love. Comparing the supernatural entity of love to the natural phenomenon of the diamond, striking similarities are found between the two. The search for love, like the quest for diamonds, is the search for all that is great, valuable and immortal. The author’s straightforward approach and own inspiring story of overcoming the pain of autism and an abusive past take the reader from vague concept to reality and application in daily existence. Replete with interspersed interesting quotes, facts about diamonds and rich examples from history, art, film and biography, 12 laws are uncovered by which love can be known, evaluated and authenticated. Through the four “C’s” of color, clarity, cut, carat, together with the sometimes fifth “C” of certification, the story of the diamond is told, the maturing process of the Christian and the true nature of love revealed.