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Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
by Daniel Jones, Andrew Rannells, Veronica Chambers, Ayelet Waldman, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Living in the Midwest and not being a regular customer of the NYT, I had no idea that Modern Love was a column. But now that I do, I'll probably try to read it as often as possible. This collection of essays covers the very vast and malleable definition of what it means to love. There's platonic love, romantic love, unrequited love, love in the face of adversity, the ways that love can break us down and build us up. How we can still learn things, still find magic in relationships, after years of being together. The need, or lack of a need, to put a name to what you feel. How meeting and falling in love has changed over time (dating apps vs meeting out in the world). The ways love scares us, sometimes forces us to give up the things we love most because it hurts less than having that love taken from you. Finding love later in life, or after divorce. Love across boundaries: distance, physical ability, religious beliefs. That ultimately love is painful and joyous and something to be cherished, because love is a lot of things, but it isn't promised. I think this quote from Veronica Chambers' essay, "Loved and Lost? It's Okay, Especially if You Win" sums this book up nicely:
"Making a fool of yourself for love is ultimately about you, about how much you have to give and the distances you will travel to keep your heart wide open when everything around you makes you feel like slamming it shut and soldering it closed."
In a world that's become more visibly heartless, sometimes we need a book like this to remind us that we're not alone, and that love still exists and is something worth fighting for.
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"Making a fool of yourself for love is ultimately about you, about how much you have to give and the distances you will travel to keep your heart wide open when everything around you makes you feel like slamming it shut and soldering it closed."
In a world that's become more visibly heartless, sometimes we need a book like this to remind us that we're not alone, and that love still exists and is something worth fighting for.
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