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Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every woman to courageously claim the search for love as the heroic journey we must all choose to be truly free. In her trademark commanding and lucid language, hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, and by the culture of self-help, and reveals how women of all ages can bring love into every aspect of their lives, for all the years of their lives.

Written from both historical and cultural perspectives, Salvation takes an incisive look at the transformative power of love in the lives of African Americans. Whether talking about the legacy of slavery, relationships and marriage in Black life, the prose and poetry of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou, the liberation movements of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, or hip hop and gangsta rap culture, hooks lets us know what love’s got to do with it.

When his high school sweetheart and wife of over forty years passed away unexpectedly, Gerry Turner’s life was indelibly changed. In that moment, his and Toni’s shared vision of living out their retirement together was shattered. In the wake of this profound loss, Gerry had to move forward—for himself, for his daughters, and for Toni.

Forget settling or “settling down”—you deserve a love that upgrades every aspect of your life. A love that empowers you to get hotter, happier, and more fulfilled… together. The host of the podcast New Mindset, Who Dis? helps you find a partnership that fills your life with “can you believe we did that?” moments, where “let’s book a flight and go” is as common as “I love you."

Practical, accessible and packed with clear, concise information, this book is perfect for those who have ADHD, depression or anyone easily overwhelmed in mind. Who Deserves Your Love? offers short bursts of clarity, lists, and diagrams to guide you through the complexities of love and relationships, showing the pathway to finding love and to being loved, exactly as you are.

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Working late? Midnight calls? Over half of us have affairs - curious to know why? Psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld shares the secrets, lies and real motivations behind affairs. Based around the hundreds of responses she received after placing an advertisement in the London Review of Books, this frequently exposed but deeply concealed aspect of human behaviour is brought out into the light and explored without judgement or shame.

Ashamed is a painfully relatable, deeply honest and sharply funny memoir in essays from one of the most influential fashion content creators in the world. From friendships, dating and social media addiction to mental health to fertility, Camille explores the many facets of contemporary womanhood from the perspective of a life lived online, and articulates everything she has learned from years of trying to fit herself – a self-proclaimed square peg – into a round hole.

Karan Johar, one of Bollywood's most beloved icons, whose films have defined culture for audiences across India, is on a mission to live his best life, and help listeners do the same…

As they recount the rejection, obstacles and challenges they faced on the way to giving birth to their beloved comedy creation, James and Ruth also explore the flourishing of their own real-life friendship. While their now legendary on-screen characters Nessa and Smithy had a profound awkwardness to negotiate, culminating in that marriage proposal in the 2019 Christmas special, Ruth and James forged a magical relationship of mutual support based also on a deep, shared sense of subversive fun.

Unmarried, childfree women are statistically the happiest demographic in society. With 1 in 5 adults choosing to be childfree, Lucy Meggeson believes it’s time to banish the stigma, level the playing field and ask the very important question: what the hell is going on? Part investigation, part celebration, Shiny Happy Singles explores what it means to thrive as a single, childfree women in a world that insists happiness only comes in pairs.

An empowering guide to imagining (and living) better relationships, Radical Relating pushes back on the monogamy mandate. Author, somatic educator, and relationship coach Mel Cassidy explodes the often-unquestioned mainstream myths about the nuclear family structure: those that tell us your soulmate must be your sole mate. That sex is the only yardstick of relational success. That self-sacrifice and self-denial are necessary trade-offs for security and partnership. That we need to ride the relationship escalator all the way up, or we’ll die alone.

Sheffield. 2019. Evie and her husband wait in a shopping centre coffee shop for a woman they have only ever spoken with online. When she arrives, they go to a motorway hotel together and have sex with the casual promise afterwards to meet again sometime. When they took their marriage vows, they had meant every word. So how had they drifted so far from the life they had imagined?

In the wake of a disastrous two-year relationship, Melissa Febos decided to take a break—for three months she would abstain from dating, relationships and sex. Her friends were amused. Did she really think three months was a long time? But to Melissa, it was. Ever since her teens, she had been in one relationship or another. It was time to focus on herself and examine the lifelong patterns that had got her to this point. When those three months ended, she decided to extend her celibate period, fearing that she had not yet gained the clarity she was searching for.

Alyne Tamir was raised to live her life for others: for her husband, her family, and the Mormon church. For twenty-five years, she put others ahead of herself, repressing things that didn’t fit the neat, traditional story that had been written for her. On the surface, her life seemed picture-perfect. But in reality, Alyne was miserable, struggling to reconcile the pain and humiliation of abuse, an eating disorder, infidelity, and depression with her flawless image. Until Alyne reached a breaking point: the day her husband asked for a divorce—over email.

The meaning and magic of love. Love is one of the most powerful forces we can experience in this world. It touches us in unexpected and profound ways each day, but it can also confuse and confound us at times. Bestselling author and beloved emotional healer Daphne Rose Kingma, dubbed "The Love Doctor," guides listeners through the various elements and expressions of love in this book.

Find joy in your life again. Love is great; a broken heart, not so much. Usually accompanied by insomnia, loss of appetite, and depression, the end of a relationship is a hard time for anyone. This breakup first aid kit helps you get through heartbreak without falling apart and with your self-esteem intact. Understand yourself and become inspired. While only time can heal wounds, understanding what transpired in each of our relationships is what allows us to finally let go and move on.

Finde die Liebe deines Lebens und entdecke die Liebe zum Leben. Single zu sein, kann sich schwierig anfühlen. Einen potenziellen Partner zu finden, der die eigenen Ansprüche erfüllt, ist für viele die noch größere Herausforderung – und wenn wir ihn finden, stellen wir nicht selten fest, dass er nicht für eine Beziehung bereit ist oder andere Vorstellungen hat als wir. Und dann ist da noch unser eigenes Päckchen: Verletzungen in vergangenen Partnerschaften, Angst davor, persönliche Bedürfnisse ehrlich zu kommunizieren oder die Sorge, Zurückweisung zu erleben.

Love, Expanded is not a book about suffering, though the challenges queer people face are everywhere and real. Quietly radical, it is a guide for what non-traditional relationships can look like in all their myriad forms, and a source of advice from aromantic and asexual people on how to form them. It's about opening up opportunities for expanded love, for everyone. It's for the sake of single people struggling to own a home, for those who feel that friendship is less prominent in their lives than they would like; for people who want more social support for lives lived happily single.

Grosz reveals how to navigate the obstacles – the jealousies, grievances, boredom and betrayals – which can get in the way of two people falling, and staying, in love. From the woman who can’t post her wedding invitations and then, decades later, can’t decide whether to get divorced, to the man who struggles with feelings of guilt after his partner’s death, to the couple who dread date night after thirty years of marriage: here are candid and surprising conversations from the consulting room.