Book description
The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times “Modern Love” column—including stories from the anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery
A young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief.…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Modern Love as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This collection of personal essays, culled from 8,000+ submitted each year to the New York Times “Modern Love” column, absolutely sings!
What I liked best about this book of true stories about love is the revelation that everyone is inherently a storyteller. That’s because conflict is part of everyone’s life, and conflict, by definition, equals drama.
How revelatory to witness an artful 1,000 words woven out of the day a woman’s flirty email to her new beau is not answered, at least not right away. Also, I loved the writing style of each essay, as if the reader is eavesdropping…
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