The Course of Love An unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love

<p><b>THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER<br><br>From one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel <i>Essays in Love </i>as well as<i> T</i><i>he Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists </i>and<i> The School of Life<br></i><br>'<i>The Course of Love</i> probes the very heart of marriage</b>, its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too<b>' Deborah Moggach<br></b><br>Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes <i>after </i>happily ever after?<br><br>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, <i>The Course of Love </i>offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.<br><br><b>'Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive... </b>There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say<b>' <i>Guardian<br></i></b></p>