Love Warrior: A Memoir, Hardcover

Descriere

#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection""Riveting...a worthy investment...this book has real wisdom.""--New York Times Book Review""A book with so much painful truth packed into its pages that every person who's ever married or plans to marry should really give it a read."" --Chicago Tribune""Provocative....I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too.""--Oprah Winfrey""This memoir isn't really about Glennon rebuilding her relationship with her husband; it is about Glennon rebuilding her relationship with herself. Utterly refreshing and...badass."" --Bustle. com The highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage. Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out--three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list--her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life. Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another--and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they've been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true--true to themselves and to each other. Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we ar