{"product_id":"love-illuminated-exploring-lifes-most-mystifying-subject-with-the-help-of-50-000-strangers-paperback","title":"Love Illuminated: Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the editor of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' 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).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove. 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eLove Illuminated\u003c\/em\u003e, he teases apart this mystifying emotion that thrills, crushes, and sustains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the 50,000 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the editor of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' popular Modern Love column, Daniel Jones is privy to the deepest personal revelations of tens of thousands of strangers. In \u003cem\u003eLove Illuminated\u003c\/em\u003e, he uses his unique perspective to tease apart life's most mystifying subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the 50,000 tales of love that have crossed his desk, Jones traces the arc of human relationships through ten phases, starting with the pursuit, sense of destiny, vulnerability, connection, and trust of new love, and then turning to the practicality, monotony, infidelity, loyalty, and wisdom of love matured. With empathy and wry humor, he takes readers on an enlightening journey through the highs, lows, and enduring unknowns of this universal experience that rattles the head and stirs the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e--Elle\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the editor of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' popular Modern Love column, Daniel Jones is privy to the deepest personal revelations of tens of thousands of strangers. In \u003cem\u003eLove Illuminated\u003c\/em\u003e, he uses his unique perspective to tease apart life's most mystifying subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the 50,000 tales of love that have crossed his desk, Jones traces the arc of human relationships through ten phases, starting with the pursuit, sense of destiny, vulnerability, connection, and trust of new love, and then turning to the practicality, monotony, infidelity, loyalty, and wisdom of love matured. With empathy and wry humor, he takes readers on an enlightening journey through the highs, lows, and enduring unknowns of this universal experience that rattles the head and stirs the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758566605088,"sku":"9780062211170","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/13936c3e399d6138d2b63cb6925eff74_e3aee10d-1c6d-4ba4-a195-65687e0223bd.webp?v=1780129394","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/love-illuminated-exploring-lifes-most-mystifying-subject-with-the-help-of-50-000-strangers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}