| Description |
xiv, 296 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- How do we find love? -- Romantic fantasy vs reality -- The unbearable unknown -- Looking out -- How do we sustain love? -- The honeymoon phase -- The seasons of friendship -- The work of re-seeing -- How can we survive losing love? -- The loss of the imagined future -- A leap of faith -- Conclusion -- What I wish I'd known about love. |
| Summary |
After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it? In Conversations on Love she began to find the answers: Philippa Perry on falling in love slowly; Dolly Alderton on vulnerability; Stephen Grosz on accepting change; Candice Carty-Williams on friendship; Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of loss; Diana Evans on parenthood; Emily Nagoski on the science of sex; Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone; Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations; Roxane Gay on redefining romance and many more... |
| Subject |
Love.
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Amour.
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| ISBN |
9780241448748 (pbk.) |
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0241448743 |
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