The Wicked Truth About Love [Paperback]

Suzanne Ross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2009

The modern quest for love is a tangle of pitfalls where obstacles and suffering are mistaken for true love. While most pop culture advice about finding true love focuses on how to identify the perfect love object or on how to make yourself into such an object, the triangular and mimetic (imitative) nature of desire is rarely acknowledged, leaving the seeker feeling frustrated, hopeless, and somehow incapable of love. In The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire, author Suzanne Ross guides the reader in an engaging exploration of their personal romantic patterns using a survey based on the triangular nature of desire. Six patterns of desire are identified to reveal the readers mimetic pitfalls. Whimsical illustrations, examples in contemporary entertainment, original music downloads and witty wisdom allows the reader to understand and dismantle their romantic tangles, leaving them free to discover the gift that love can be.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: DOERS Publishing (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981812309
• ISBN-13: 978-0981812304
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,500,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun reading, June 3, 2009

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Marie Lapierre "marie" (nj) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wicked Truth About Love (Paperback)

I wasn't sure at first if I would enjoy this book, but I got it since I enjoyed reading this author's other book - The Wicked Truth. I have read about this topic in countless magazines and seen it discussed on numerous talk shows. But, The Wicked Truth About Love explores this topic in a fresh, new way, with humor that keeps you turning the pages for more. The humor in this book is a real plus.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Find yourself, your partner, your friends, and maybe L-O-V-E?, June 11, 2009

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Joe (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wicked Truth About Love (Paperback)

I first became interested in this book from a friend's recommendation. I thought, "Who doesn't want to find love or at least understand why you're not finding love?"

I was surprised to find spot-on descriptions and illustrations of relationship behaviors I've observed in friends, partners, and myself portrayed comically yet poignantly in the pages of the book and on the website.

The author's talent at communicating and teaching is clear as she takes you from amusing examples of those behaviors, the impact of those behaviors on our ability to make a meaningful connection with another person, and the theory of how those behaviors are learned.

The result of reading the book is a better understanding how your relationship behavior impacts your ability to find, attain, and keep love along with suggestions for how to move forward with that knowledge.

What do you have to lose by reading the book other than a few bad or unsuccessful relationships?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth considering for any who want to understand what love is, November 9, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wicked Truth About Love (Paperback)

Love is always something that has been somewhat difficult to understand. "The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire" explores live and why the most common kinks in what's otherwise a completely and highly desired pleasant experience. Looking at love with reality, pushing deluded romance to the side, Suzanne Ross provides very interesting ideals about Love and what it means. "The Wicked Truth About Love" is well worth considering for any who want to understand what love is.