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Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Daniel Jones
4.11 AVERAGE
541 reviews for:
Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Daniel Jones
4.11 AVERAGE
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so beautiful. i cried several times and will need to buy myself my own copy to physically annotate and tab. i want to reread this a million more times
emotional
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A collection of essays featured in the NY Times “Modern Love” column since its debut, this is now an original streaming series on Amazon Prime. Having a pretty traditional love life, I wasn’t sure how much I would relate to a book about modern love but boy was I wrong. Like most essays you will connect with some on a deeper level than others but the overall sense I was left with was that love is only fully achieved through vulnerability. We must completely surrender ourselves and often times at the expense of extreme emotional distress, but ultimately opening the door to the possibility of the best of love. Sometimes those times of pure blissful love are cut short but they will forever remain a part of us and will change us forever. One of my favorite essays was “The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap”. This is an essay about Eve and Sam who found one another later in life. Eve and Sam only had a handful of years together but because of the leap of faith she took she was happy for those years instead of lonely. Having both a father and grandmother who have lost their spouses and still have many years ahead of themselves, I find myself desperately wanting them to find love again. Don’t get me wrong, the last 6 years with my Dad in the dating world has been bananas. I can’t even get started on that but really all we want is for him to be happy. He can’t find my Mom again but he might be able to find a close second that still respects that he had another love of his life and has room in his heart for one more.
“If I were Spock from Star Trek, I would explain that human love is a combination of three emotions or impulses: desire, vulnerability, and bravery. Desire makes one feel vulnerable, which then requires one to be brave.”
So, my question to you is; have you been brave?
Thank you @randomhouse for the free copy.
“If I were Spock from Star Trek, I would explain that human love is a combination of three emotions or impulses: desire, vulnerability, and bravery. Desire makes one feel vulnerable, which then requires one to be brave.”
So, my question to you is; have you been brave?
Thank you @randomhouse for the free copy.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Lovely little stories - not a “fast read” that I necessarily wanted to binge, but perfect for this busy season where I might only have time for a chapter (or in this case, story!) or two!
All I am ever doing is looking for books and media that encompass what modern love encompasses. When I found out there was a book I got it the same day I heard. I took multiple cry breaks on the subway and at home and sometimes I pressed the book Into my heart as if to absorb what it had said. I’m a huge fan and saw Daniel Jones at a panel in June. This was spectacular
I’m usually not a fan of books what’s more stories, but I really enjoyed these raw and heartfelt tales of love.