The Course of Love
By Alain De Botton

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling noveland Essays in Loveand as well asand The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheistsand andand The School of Life'The Course of Loveand probes the very heart of marriage, its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too' Deborah MoggachModern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comesand afterand happily ever after?This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that make up a life shared between two people. Moving and deeply insightful,and The Course of Loveand offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.'Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive...and There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say'and Guardian'Anyone who is, has been, or would ever like to be, in a satisfying, successful relationship, would do well to read de Botton'and Irish Independent'He debunks the myth of the happily ever afterand with a painfully familiar, often hilarious detailing of petty arguments, the occasional extra-marital fling, the moments of loneliness and the declining frequency of sex...and It's not only hugely enjoyable but life enhancing too'and Daily Mail