A review by johnny_the_ginger
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

4.0

As someone who frequently worked with sex addicts, adulterers, and those experiencing betrayal trauma, this book is super interesting. I often find myself saying “don’t let your affair go to waste!” and “your old marriage is dead; now you have the choice to have a new and better one” because of Perel’s podcast. I don’t agree with her perspectives on polyandry and open relationships, but there’s more to affairs than pure lust (if you can accept that).