{"product_id":"loves-labour","title":"Love's Labour","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780701188979\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling new stories of love, desire and heartbreak from the consulting room by the Number One bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 'a combination of Chekhov and Oliver Sacks' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This man could save your marriage' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIlluminating, beautiful \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eThis is a special book, full of little epiphanies\u003c\/b\u003e' Natasha Lunn, author of \u003ci\u003eConversations on Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling new stories from the psychoanalyst's consulting room; on desire, heartbreak and learning how to love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to love why do we find things so difficult? Drawing on over forty years of candid and surprising conversations with his patients, Stephen Grosz asks, what gets in the way of our falling in love? And what must we do to stay there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the intimate space of the consulting room, we meet the woman who can't post her wedding invitations but then, decades later, can't decide whether to get divorced; the friendship group that explodes when an adulterous affair begins; and the man whose partner's death is almost too much to bear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an analyst, Grosz's unerring ability is to locate what ails the heartsick. As a writer, he elegantly shows how we can deploy the agonies of love as tools for understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe labour of love is the work of a lifetime but in finally learning to see ourselves and our world clearly, we find we are truly ready to love one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a beautiful book' \u003c\/b\u003eNigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You will be better at love after you read this book\u003c\/b\u003e' Andrew Solomon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41505943486597,"sku":"PR396743","price":54.3,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNX8M2FHWCPK.jpg?v=1769615769","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/loves-labour","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}