Bibliograph

The state of affairs, rethinking infidelity, Esther Perel

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The state of affairs, rethinking infidelity, Esther Perel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The state of affairs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005357589

Responsibility statement

Esther Perel

Sub title

rethinking infidelity

Summary

A couples therapist and author describes her findings after spending a decade working with couples whose lives were shattered by infidelity and discusses how individuals can grow and heal after a betrayal, either together or apart

Table Of Contents

A new conversation about marriage and infidelity -- Defining infidelity: is chatting cheating? -- Affairs are not what they used to be -- Why betrayal hurts so much: death by a thousand cuts -- Little shop of horrors: do some affairs hurt more than others? -- Jealousy: the spark of eros -- Self-blame or vengeance: the dagger cuts both ways -- To tell or not to tell?: the politics of secrecy and revelation -- Even happy people cheat: mining the meanings of affairs -- An antidote to deadness: the lure of the forbidden -- Is sex ever just sex? The emotional economics of adultery -- The mother of all betrayals? Affairs among other marital misdemeanors -- The lover's dilemma: conversations with the other woman -- Monogamy and its discontents: rethinking marriage -- After the storm: the legacy of an affair

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Infidelity

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