The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

Esther Perel

352 pages first pub 2017 (view editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative medium-paced
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The ideal reader is anyone curious about the psychological underpinnings of human relationships who welcomes nuanced, sometimes uncomfortable questions about love, commitment, and desire rather than tidy moral answers.

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Iconic couples' therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns to paperback with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity.An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness...

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