Conversations on Love: with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more

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Rarely has a non-fiction book made me feel so seen, but also given me so much hope about love. Conversations on Love is an incredible book - not only is it so beautifully written but the full gamut of love is represented from families to romance to parenthood to friendship Poorna Bell, author of STRONGER

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.” Interviewing authors and experts as well as drawing on her own experience, Natasha Lunn guides us through the complexities of these three questions. The result is a book to learn from, to lose and find yourself in. The real-life love stories will leave you feeling hopeful and seen, while the insights from experts will transform the way you think about your relationships. Above all, Conversations on Love will remind you that love is fragile, sturdy, mundane, beautiful; a thing always worth fighting for. 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." 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.” 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?Pembaca diajak berkelana bersama Lunn membahas apa itu "cinta" dengan 3 ide besar itu. Narasi Lunn mengantarkan kita pada percakapannya dengan filsuf, psikolog, penyair, penulis, & nama-nama yang nggak asing dalam skena menulis di barat sana. 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”.

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! Through her own thoughts and a series of interview-like conversations, Natasha Lunn reflects on relationships in all their forms. It is split into three main sections, how we find love, how we sustain it, and how we survive when we lose 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. Based on Lunn’s popular newsletter, this eclectic and heartwarming collection explores love in all its forms, from romantic and parental love to friendship and loss. Lunn has gathered an impressive array of interviewees, from psychotherapist Philippa Perry and psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz to novelists Lisa Taddeo and Diana Evans. 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. To Be a Man

'What will make alone look good to 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?' Upon reading CoL, I never felt like Lunn telling me that "you have been wrong, and I am right." Instead, I felt like making a journey of self-discovery together with a best friend that has known me for a long time.

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 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 This eclectic and heartwarming collection explores love in all its forms, from romantic and parental love to friendship and loss' Observer

'Forgiveness turns the wheel of family life'

Warm and wide-ranging and wise, a wonderful companion and guide Cressida Connolly, author of AFTER THE PARTY 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.” 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. 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. Buku ini dibagi menjadi 3 bagian besar: How do we find love?; How do we sustain love?; How can we survive losing love?

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. What started off as a pursuit of the secrets of love evolves – conversation by conversation – into a moving meditation on life and loss.

Respect intensifies romance

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. Lunn accentuates the importance of accepting change in others, focusing on the unique relationship between siblings, born out of a deep knowledge acquired during a specific shared time, and on the love between friends and for children. 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.