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The Course of Love: An unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love

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Julian Rhind-Tutt

6 Hours 59 Minutes

Penguin Books LTD

April 2016

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Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Course of Love by Alain de Botton, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

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From 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 Essays in Love as well as The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life

'The Course of Love probes the very heart of marriage, its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too' Deborah Moggach

'Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive... There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say' Guardian

'Anyone who is, has been, or would ever like to be, in a satisfying, successful relationship, would do well to read de Botton' Irish Independent

'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' Daily Mail

Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after?

This 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, The Course of Love offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.

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  • Anonymous

    I have taken a lot away from this book. It highlights things in a very relatable way, possibly more so because this isn’t the first Alain de Botton book I’ve listened too, but still very accessible. It doesn’t have all of the answers and solutions, but it aims at inconclusively tackling some common themes, and I think that this point is a very useful pinch of salt to take upon starting it. I would thoroughly recommend!

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  • A S

    Moving , insightful and beautiful ! I will definitely listen to over and over again . Anyone and everyone can read and resonate with what's written and articulated .

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  • Maz W

    Wonderfully insightful book, loved the narrator too although sometimes when doing the female voices he was a bit too quiet.

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