Can Love Last? – The Fate of Romance Over Time (Norton Professional Books (Paperback))

by Steven A Mitchell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $15.63

  Common wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in long-term relationships-it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows that love can endure, if only we become aware of our self-destructive efforts to protect ourselves from its risks. Those who read this book will love more wisely because of it. -Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon [A] work on romance that is rich and multi-layered. -Publishers Weekly Cheerful, open, and humane-you'd definitely have wanted him as your analyst. -Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review [T]houghtful, compassionate, and profoundly optimistic. -JoAnn Gutin, Salon.com

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  Paperback
  2003

  $17.12

  Common wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in long-term relationships-it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows that love can endure, if only we become aware of our self-destructive efforts to protect ourselves from its risks. Those who read this book will love more wisely because of it. -Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon [A] work on romance that is rich and multi-layered. -Publishers Weekly Cheerful, open, and humane-you'd definitely have wanted him as your analyst. -Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review [T]houghtful, compassionate, and profoundly optimistic. -JoAnn Gutin, Salon.com