The first step to a deep and lasting relationship with anyone is to stop looking for perfection in others and start loving ourselves.
From childhood, women are inundated with the fairy-tale expectation that a happy ending equates to finding true love. What if the happy ending started with us? Cultural journalist Marta Perego and psychotherapist Valeria Locati explore the role of love today and its multiple declinations in a narrative journey that sifts through Tinder, ghosting, and princes who turn out to be frogs. They overturn the glossy and unattainable ideal of “romantic love” we read about and see on television. Analyzing contemporary society and its values, the authors explain how to rewrite the definition of love, say goodbye to stereotypes, and understand the importance of learning to love before loving.
