Tell Me the Truth About Love

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Drawing on over 30 years of therapeutic encounters with people facing hurdles in their love lives, former Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council Susanna Abse takes us deep inside one of the most fascinating realms there is: other people's relationships.

Candid and captivating, each chapter is inspired by a classic, timeless story. Parents blow their straw house down; Rapunzel yearns for companionship but remains trapped in her castle. Couples strive to navigate the fall from Eden, the bitter taste of the poison apple and strangers in their beds.

From dealing with infidelity to navigating our changing role within a single relationship over the course of a lifetime, Tell Me the Truth About Love sheds vivid light on the human heart, and its struggle to both embrace life's greatest gift and protect itself from pain. Inside, you will find solace, wisdom and unparalleled insight into how, and why, we love.

'A must-read for everyone wanting to understand more about what makes us fall in - and out - of love' Philippa Perry

A charming, useful, kind book about the pains and hopes of relationships' Alain de Botton

© Susanna Abse 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

  • Brilliant and touching

    Maggie O'Farrell

  • ‘A must-read for everyone wanting to understand more about what makes us fall in – and out – of love’

    Philippa Perry

  • ‘A charming, useful, kind book about the pains and hopes of relationship’

    Alain de Botton

  • ‘This wonderfully wise book would give anyone reading it insight and inspiration on the importance and complexity of our love relationships. Susanna writes with clarity and warmth in a voice that is steeped in decades of experience and means we trust her. Her gentle humour is also a joy.’

    Julia Samuel

  • ‘Powerful, masterful, insightful. With every turn of the page I learnt more about people and their relationships and, ultimately, about myself’

    Annalisa Barbieri

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