It is difficult to imagine just what market the publishers had in mind when they decided to offer this short essay ["Love is Not What You Think"] as a separate book. Not that it lacks quality of appeal for it is a sensitive and well-written exhortation to women that what is important is not falling in love or being loved—real fulfillment comes only when a woman loves actively and completely and unselfishly…. Mrs. West's slim volume may find a place on high school reading lists…. But $2.50 is a high price to pay for "what every woman knows." Recommended for those libraries which must have every title by Jessamyn West. Otherwise it might be suggested as a Valentine for some unappreciative male.

Eleanor T. Smith, "New Books Appraised: 'Love Is Not What You Think'," in Library Journal (reprinted from Library Journal, October 1, 1959; published by R. R. Bowker Co...