{"product_id":"the-course-of-love-9781405984867b","title":"The Course of Love","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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 \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEssays in Love\u003c\/span\u003e as well as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe School of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Course of Love \u003c\/span\u003eoffers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive... There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anyone who is, has been, or would ever like to be, in a satisfying, successful relationship, would do well to read de Botton' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He debunks the myth of the happily ever after 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... It's not only hugely enjoyable but life enhancing too' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822379929680,"sku":"9781405984867B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781405984867-l.jpg?v=1785887706","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-course-of-love-9781405984867b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}