Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. That's why I've spent my own money gifting this book THREE TIMES and recommended it to a FOURTH person that went on to gift it to a FIFTH.A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' 'Love Song to the Nation' trilogy. I won't give any more spoilers because there's so much I wish for you to enjoy yourself for the first time. From birth to death, all notions of love are explored and elaborated so there is definitely something for everyone. When I finally read it, it couldn't have come at a better time because the best surprise for me was a chapter on love in the time of grief. I bought this book on recommendation 3 years before I actually read it because I incorrectly assumed it would read like an airy-fairy dating guide.

And now with this knowledge you can turn your attention to them and learn how to demonstrate love in return. And finding out the truth seems scary at first but you soon feel liberated once you uncover the people that are really responsible for the good fortune in your life, which surprisingly includes yourself.

That is one of the many profound take-aways of this book.ĭisney-love is a lie that we are indoctrinated into in the Western world much like the notions of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. It is a gesture, not just some funny feeling that overwhelms you and saves you from yourself. The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the “100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life.” All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can.ĭo yourself and everyone in your life a favour and BUY THIS BOOK TODAY!! Don't hesitate, don't think, just act. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for the individuals and for a nation. In thirteen concise chapters,hooks examines her own search for emotional connection and society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love. As bell hooks uses her incisive mind and razor-sharp pen to explore the question “What is love?” her answers strike at both the mind and heart.

In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people and a society bereft with lovelessness. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet.we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All AboutLove.

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