Reconsider love Author:Lloyd J Averill This book is for anyone who is in love, at whatever age or stage. It is for that vast majority of lovers, who may have their hesitations, uncertainties, and occasionalo failures, but are not in neurotic, addictive, or dangerous relationships. For this larger group of normal lovers, the risk is primarily that they may be misled by cultural... more » misunderstandings that trivialize love and set up unrealistic expectations for it, and that encourage them to giv up on love too soon. For these, what is needed is not a course in self-therapy but thoughtful, realistic, engaging and encouraging guidance on what a loving relationship takes and what it gives. The chapters here are brief, the style is informal, and prose is interspersed with original poetry, giving directness and intensity to the text and deepening the opportunity for readers to identify personally with the writing. Each chapter is intended to serve as stimulus and provocation, whether for reflection by individual readers on their own loving relationships or for shared reading and reflection by lovers. This is an ideal book for an engagement, wedding or anniversary gift, and for use by marriage counselors and clergy« less