Love between vulnerable/troubled character and an emotionally stable character

[bookme]

Hello! First post

 

I'm looking for a book that deals with a character who is often troubled (anxious/depressed/insecure) and feels they are unlovable - yet they are loved by someone who finds beauty in their complexity and their other qualities.

 

I'm more interested in the perspective of the person who loves the vulnerable character.

 

Any suggestions along this theme would be greatly appreciated

 

Thanks!

[Talisman]

Can't help you with books unfortunaetly, but you have described the relationship I have with my own partner to a T - before you ask, (s)he is the vulnerable one - the s in brackets will give you a pretty large clue as to why !

[paun]

I think Beauty and the Beast and also The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, but I don't know who write beauty and the Beast.

[Kell]

I think Beauty and the Beast and also The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, but I don't know who write beauty and the Beast.

From Wikipedia:

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757.