Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss

Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss

by EstherPerel (Author)

Synopsis

'If sex - or rather, the lack of sex - in marriages and long-term relationships isn't a hot topic, it's because no one dares talk about it. Or admit to it. Until now ...' - Observer . Can we continue to desire what we already have? Does good intimacy always make for good sex? Are domesticity and passion compatible? In Mating in Captivity , psychotherapist Esther Perel tackles the paradox of modern love. Our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness and absolute candour is at odds with erotic desire, which makes long-term love an increasingly contradictory and messy business. Perel looks at why it's hard to want what you already have, even in the most committed relationship. And teaches how you can reconcile domestic bliss with erotic excitement, and rekindle lost passion. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that could change the way you love and live.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 18 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 0340943734
ISBN 13: 9780340943731

Media Reviews
'At precisely the same moment that you're being shocked by her, you're also acknowledging the validity of her ideas. Perel's ideas are like the chorus of a really good pop song - instantly familiar because they resonate deeply. It's all rather terrifying in its intuitiveness and its pure rightness' -- Observer 'Reads like a cross between the works of Jacques Lacan and French Women Don't Get Fat' -- The New Yorker 'As revelatory as it is straightforward' -- Publishing Weekly 'Enormous fun' -- Sunday Times
Author Bio
Esther Perelis aBelgian-born psychotherapist, andthe leading authority onerotic intelligence.Mating in Captivity is her first book. She lives in New York with her husband of twenty-one years,and theirtwo sons.