Essays in Love by Alain de Botton

Essays in Love by Alain de BottonA unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind. Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved. A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a

Featuring an introduction from award-winning short story writer Helen Simpson

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harmony and respect

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a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA)

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Boland listens to women who have long had no agency in the way their stories were told

His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity

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