I Love You, Reuben Meens This is based on a true story that chronicles a girl's voyage into womanhood. As a very young girl, Eleanor fell head over heals in love with a man older than her father. Her story is one of a long and continuous love. It is also about destiny, emotion, tenderness, and weaknesses that are instilled in the best of us. Some of her actions might be perceived as depraved and sinful, and perhaps that is a proper assessment, but no one can deny that she was a woman who loved deeply and honestly.