SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom 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 LifeThe 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 MoggachModern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance but what comes after happily ever afterThis 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 unRomantic. 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.Engaging sympathetic acutely perceptive... Theres a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say GuardianAnyone 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 extramarital fling the moments of loneliness and the declining frequency of sex... Its not only hugely enjoyable but life enhancing too Daily Mail