Aninvestigationofloveinallitsforms,featuringconversationswithLisaTaddeo,EstherPerel,EmilyNagoski,KateBowler,AlaindeBotton,StephenGrosz,RoxaneGayandothersJournalistNatashaLunnwasalmost30whensherealizedthattherewasnomapforunderstandinglove.Whileshewasusedtowatchingfriendsfallinandoutoflove,theoldershegotthemoreshehadtoacknowledge:herfriends’relationshipstrugglescouldnolongerbechalkeduptoyouth,andthemoreshelearnedaboutherparents,grandparents,workcolleagues,andmentorsthecleareritbecamethatagehadnotbroughtanyofthemanyclosertounderstandingthiselusive,transformative,consumingemotion.Onenightduringthemonthsshefoundthisrealizationsettlingoverher,shesatupinbedandjottedthreewordsinanotebook:conversationsonlove.Inthatmoment,Lunnunderstoodthatshedidn’twantadviceaboutlove,shewasn’tlookingfortheanswers,orevergreenwisdombutshecravedcandid,wide-ranging,sometimesuncomfortableconversationsaboutthepartsoflovethatoftendon’tmakeitintooureverydaydiscussionsofmarriage,siblingrelationships,friendships,ormother/daughterbonds.ConversationsonLovestartedasanexperimentaimedatinterviewingexpertsaboutwhatlovemeanttothem,inallofit’smessiness,andquicklyblossomedintoanewsletterthatattractedthousandsofsubscribersandaprestigiousrangeofinterviewees.ItturnsoutthatLunnwasn’ttheonlypersonreadytotalkmoreopenlyandexpansivelyaboutlove.Interweavingpersonalessaysandrevealinginterviewswithsomeofthemostsough-afterexpertsonlove,journalistNatashaLunnguidesusthroughtheparadoxicalheartofthreekeyquestionsaboutlove--Howdowefindlove?Howdowesustainit?Andhowdowesurvivewhenweloseit?--todeliverabookthatisasolace,abeacon,acalltoarms,atool-kit.Thereal-lifelovestoriesinthesepageswillleaveyouhopefulandvalidated,whiletheinsightsfromexpertswilltransformthewayyouthinkaboutyourrelationships.Aboveall,ConversationsonLovewillremindyouwhatloveis:fragile,sturdy,mundane,beautiful,alwaysworthfightingfor.
