{"product_id":"the-course-of-love-9780241962138","title":"THE COURSE OF LOVE","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eEssays in Love \u003c\/i\u003eas well as\u003ci\u003e T\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The School of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Course of Love\u003c\/i\u003e probes the very heart of marriage, its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too\u003cb\u003e' Deborah Moggach\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes \u003ci\u003eafter \u003c\/i\u003ehappily ever after? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's description. Rabih and Kirsten meet, fall in love, get married. Think this is the end of the story? It's only the beginning. With his trademark warmth and wit, Alain de Botton explores modern relationships with a novel that asks what it truly means to love and to be loved. * Penguin *\u003cbr\u003eHe's \u003cb\u003ecompletely on the money\u003c\/b\u003e with the minutiae of marital life and every note rings uncomfortably true. The story is told with \u003cb\u003egreat wit and affection\u003c\/b\u003e... de Botton knows his stuff and the book builds into a truly wonderful and positive analysis of a successful lifelong partnership. \u003cb\u003eIt should be compulsory reading for anyone contemplating tying the knot.\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging, meticulous, acutely perceptive... There's a refreshing honesty in what De Botton has to say * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eOne passage was so spot-on that I read it aloud to my husband... De Botton appreciates, as few writers do, the miracle and subtlety of the so-called ordinary * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWell-observed and imbued with a tenderness that feels authentic and uncynical... It may even save some marriages. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e[A] worldly wise romance * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA complete delight -- Amy Bloom, author of 'Lucky us'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733391126871,"sku":"9780241962138","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241962138.jpg?v=1719999987","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-course-of-love-9780241962138","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}