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Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction
Contributor(s): Cheever, Susan (Author)

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ISBN: 1416537937     ISBN-13: 9781416537939
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
OUR PRICE: $13.29  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality)
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction
- Psychology | Social Psychology
Dewey: 616.858
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" L (0.37 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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We've all felt the giddy flutter of excitement when our new lover walks into the room. Waited by the phone, changed our plans...But are we in love, or is there something darker at work? In Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction, Susan Cheever explores the shifting boundaries between the feelings of passion and addiction, desire and need, and she raises provocative and important questions about who we love and why.

Elegantly written and thoughtfully composed, Cheever's book combines unsparing and intimate memoir, interviews and stories, hard science and psychology to explore the difference between falling in love and falling prey to an addiction. Part one defines what addiction is and how it works -- the obsession, the betrayals, the broken promises to oneself and others. Part two explores the possible causes of addiction -- is it nature or nurture, a permanent condition or a temporary derangement? Part three considers what we can do about it, including a provocative suggestion about how we describe and treat addiction, and a look at the importance of community and storytelling.

In the end, there are no easy answers. A straight look about some crooked feelings, Desire shows us the difference between the addiction that cripples our emotions, and healthy, empowering love that enhances our lives.


Contributor Bio(s): Cheever, Susan: - Susan Cheever is the bestselling author of thirteen previous books, including five novels and the memoirs Note Found in a Bottle and Home Before Dark. Her work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Boston Globe Winship Medal. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a member of the Corporation of Yaddo, and a member of the Author's Guild Council. She teaches in the Bennington College M.F.A. program. She lives in New York City with her family.
 
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