Robert Munsch’s Soul-Rending Book ‘Love You Forever’ Has a Harrowing Real-Life Story Behind It

Robert Munsch’s Soul-Rending Book ‘Love You Forever’ Has a Harrowing Real-Life Story Behind It
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Children’s book author Robert Munsch claimed that the iconic, four-line verse from his bestselling book “Love You Forever” was once too painful to say out loud. For a long time, he couldn’t even utter them to his wife.

“It was my way of crying,” Munsch told HuffPost. But what was so troubling about the verse that has comforted so many and filled millions of hearts with love?