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Buku ini dibagi menjadi 3 bagian besar: How do we find love?; How do we sustain love?; How can we survive losing love? Sometimes you read a book that just makes you want to take the author's hands, look them in the eye and say thank you. This is that book. I needed to read it, you need to read it, everyone needs to read it Stacey Halls, bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS Conversations on Love will change your perspective of connection, love, friendship, grief, and everything in between. It's the most important book I've read this year, and it may have changed the way I approach relationships forever Her.ie
This eclectic and heartwarming collection explores love in all its forms, from romantic and parental love to friendship and loss. Interspersed with short but often deeply revealing interviews are Lunn's own experiences - of marriage and miscarriage, of being mother and daughter, wife and friend - which she portrays with sensitivity and candour. Observer This book might just change your life. Lunn is a diligent, purposeful guide to this most ineffable of subjects... these testimonies become a call to connect more imaginatively, expansively and courageously Sunday Times The best definition of happiness is the ability to approach your life as this gorgeous, unfolding work of art that's always changing that never quite you expected to be, and then seeing that it's more beautiful than anything that's supposedly perfect and pristine. So learning to love someone for all their faults and layers of weirdness is a way of learning to be alive, fulfilled, and satisfied with the life that you have." I found this book accessible and easy to read in little snippets if I didn’t have time to sit down for an hour, as the interviews are pretty short- though I couldn’t read it without a pen in hand to frantically underline passages! Stephen Grosz, a psychotherapist, suggests that “development demands loss… Life requires of us that we let go of places, things, people that we love, to make room for new life, new love… It’s unbearable, but if we are to grow, we must endure this pain”.The book is divided into three parts: ‘how do we find love?’, ‘how do we sustain love?’ and ‘how can we survive losing love?’, in which Lunn gathers an array of interviewees (from novelist and trans activist Juno Dawson to philosopher Alain de Botton to psychotherapist Phillipa Perry) to offer their thoughts and experiences on obsessive fantasizing and prioritizing romantic relationships, the joy of friendship, the ‘life partnership’ you find in a sibling and surviving devastating loss. I resonated so strongly with certain interviews, but I also gained valuable insight into other kinds of love and loss I won’t ever experience myself. It gave me a new appreciation for my life and the love within it. Aku nggak bisa berkata banyak. Darip banyaknya bagian yang aku beri highlight, aku cuma sanggup menampilkan 2 favoritku. Buku ini sungguh pantas mendapatkan rating 5/5. Bahasannya tidak berat pun diatur sedemikian rupa agar enak dinikmati oleh siapapun. This is a book that people need to read about love in its many complex, challenging, sacred and profane forms Jean Hannah Edelstein, author of This Really Isn't About You Conversations on Love shows that love comes in myriad forms and that like our hearts and minds, it can be explored infinitely' Pandora Sykes, Sunday Times bestselling author of 'How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?'
Sisters Marie and Dara Durante own a suburban ballet school they inherited from their mother. Dara’s husband, Charlie – who grew up in the family home as their mother’s star pupil – runs the logistics. When a building contractor, Derek, enters their lives to undertake some repairs, he inveigles his way beneath the trio’s tightly guarded and emotionally fraught bonds. Abbott’s prose is dazzlingly precise and her portrayal of student rivalries razor-sharp in this taut and psychologically gripping novel. Conversations on Love Lunn’s thoughtful interviewing style and her curiosity as a researcher brings out genuine vulnerability within her interviews, which are truly a joy to read- comforting, illuminating, and challenging in turn. Lunn skillfully intersperses these candid interviews with her own experiences of romance, friendship, miscarriage, and motherhood in a way that is deeply compelling, the beauty of her writing shining through in these lyrical personal passages. Similar Books: Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton, Essays in Love by Alain de Botton and The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (And Your Children Will Be Glad You Did) by Phillipa Perry.The focus is on increasing our number of connections with others and the different forms of love they bring into our lives, grounding us with our friends, family, paying attention to our spiritual sides and increasing our links to the wider community. This contributes to our mental health, resilience and happiness, making us more able to cope with the challenges that are going to come our way. The book is organised in 3 parts, how do we find love, how do we sustain love and how do we survive losing love?, followed by a conclusion with its overview. I was impressed with the range of people Lunn drew on, the heartbreaks, the grief, providing wider perspectives on love, such as parents who have faced the unbearable loss of a child, others who have lost their partners, and someone who is no longer able to walk. Read If: You’d like a forensic, sensitive, and hopeful exploration of love, loss and connection that truly changes the way you think about relationships. Based on her newsletter of the same name, Natasha Lunn’s Conversations on Love is an insightful and fascinating book, exploring love in all its forms from romance, friendship, and parenting to grief and heartbreak. Conversations on Love is a glorious celebration of human vulnerability and connection. It has made me laugh, shed tears, think deeply. I want every person I love to read this book' Dr Kathryn Mannix, Sunday Times bestselling author of WITH THE END IN MIND Ambil contoh, ada nama Alaine de Botton, Philippa Perry, Emily Nagoski, Esther Perel, Roxane Gay dan masih banyak lagi. Percakapan itu melengkapi definisi "Cinta" yang Lunn coba ejawantahkan.
she allows the reader space to consider our own relationships and what truly brings us happiness, all with a beautiful linguistic flourish that is so rarely depicted in didactic essay collections. I truly did not expect to think about love in all its forms so deeply and with power and intention behind those thoughts. conversations on love is a welcome breath of fresh air to the genre, carrying lessons that I know I will take with me into the future. if you've been here a bit you may have seen me say my absolute favorite books remind me that life is magical, that even its mundane moments are filled with love and beauty. Conversations on Love made me laugh, shed tears, think deeply. I want every person I love to read this book' Dr Kathryn Mannix, Sunday Times bestselling author of WITH THE END IN MIND A sure-fire contender for multiple buys and gifting to pals . . . It will honestly change how you think about love, in romantic relationships or otherwise, and has the power to overhaul your life in all manner of positive ways Living Etc
The pandemic has undoubtedly provoked many of us to reflect on connection, intimacy and loss and I feel this book is the perfect companion to those thoughts. From accepting the changing shape of long-term friendships in your thirties and beyond, the gifts of presenting messy vulnerability rather fantasy in fledging romantic relationships, to painstaking building hope after loss, this book is a wide-ranging, intimate, and heartfelt collection of voices and perspectives, encouraging you to consider, appreciate and tend the love in your life in all its infinite forms. The Round Up At the end of her journey, Lunn is embarking on motherhood, reflecting on the importance of paying attention, and doing the work of loving rather than waiting for it to arrive: “Love is a choice – and sometimes it’s choosing to love someone even when we don’t feel lovingly towards them. The feeling of being ‘in love’ comes and goes, ebbs and flows, but the action of loving is a decision. One we make every day.” This eclectic and heartwarming collection explores love in all its forms, from romantic and parental love to friendship and loss' Observer Sepanjang membaca Conversations on Love, ada perasaan hangat berkat "kasih sayang" yang nggak terbatas artinya kepada pasangan. Seperti yang tampak di bagian sampul, buku ini juga ingin menyentuh dimensi "cinta" kepada orangtua, teman, & manusia lain. Juga tentang mengawali dan mengakhiri cinta kasih itu sendiri.
this read couldn't have come at a better time for me, as i both marked the time between five star reads in months and navigate the growing seriousness of being super crazy stupid cheesy boring capital I capital L In Love for the first time—the scariest thing i've ever done. These conversations explore a lot more than romantic love. In fact, ‘loss’ is a huge topic that highlights love in a very powerful way. Lunn talks to people who have lost partners, who have lost the ability to walk, who have lost parents at a young age, and devastatingly - people who have lost children too. Psychotherapist Susie Orbach argues that “friends have a responsibility to continue to learn and accept who the other is in the present… rather than clinging to the old versions of who they once were”. And author Diana Evans explains: “When I look at my 16-year-old daughter, I see memories of her as a baby and as a toddler and as a six-year-old… In just one glance, I recollect her in a multidimensional way.” The simple fact of the unknown was one I could not resist wrestling with. Like hauling a heavy suitcase up the stairs at a station, I imagined it would be easier if there were an end point in sight, because when you can see the top of the station stairs or the finish line of a run, it’s easy to dig deep for an extra bit of strength to get there.” Because being yourself in a relationship is a risk. It means showing someone the real bits of who you are--the spots beneath the make up; the self-doubt beneath the cynicism-and finding the courage to say 'This is me. Take it or leave it' and to really mean it."Lunn allows me to understand that love is supposed to be easy. It's a process where you look in and look out. You take a risk in relationships, whether with your parent, spouse, or your friend. You need to show the real bits of who you are, and allow yourself to be vulnerable. You create it. Conversations on Love dari Natasha Lunn adalah salah satunya. Sejak bab pertama hingga aku menyelesaikannya dalam waktu 5 hari, magnetnya begitu kuat. Setiap paragraf ditulis dengan mengalir, dengan emosional tentang apa itu "Cinta." Natasha Lunn is the most thoughtful interviewer I have ever encountered, with a heart as big as her brain, and these conversations are endlessly inspiring, restorative, surprising and delicious. Love is too often taken for granted: here it shines under rigorous analysis to create a manifesto of how and why we feel, and a must-read for anyone who has a heart! Emma Jane Unsworth, author of ANIMALS 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?
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