Love Illuminated

<p><strong>From the editor of the <em>New York Times</em>' popular Modern Love column--the inspiration for the anthology tv series starring Tina Fey Andy Garcia Anne Hathaway Catherine Keener Dev Patel and John Slattery--the story of love from beginning to end (or not).</strong></p><p>Love. We want it. We need it. We pay it homage with songs and poems and great works of art. And when we lose it there's no pain as intense or excruciating. For centuries we've been trying to figure it out control it or just get better at it. As the editor of a column about love for the <em>New York Times</em> Daniel Jones reads thousands of stories about people's intimate relationships--the ones that soar crash or hum along from the bizarre to the supposedly normal. It's possible that he's read more true love stories than anyone on earth. In <em>Love Illuminated</em> he teases apart this mystifying emotion that thrills crushes and sustains.</p><p>Drawing from the 50000 stories that have crossed his desk over the past decade Jones explores ten aspects of love--pursuit destiny vulnerability connection trust practicality monotony infidelity loyalty and wisdom--and creates a lively funny and enlightening journey through this universal human experience that jangles the head and stirs the heart. </p>