In a series of illuminating essays, Aspects of Love explores the many things that make our love lives both a source of immense joy and of unparalleled suffering. Across reflections on desire, intimacy, ambivalence, compassion and friendship, the book helps us recognise why loving can feel so difficult at times, and why this seldom means we have gone wrong.

Drawing on insights from philosophy, psychology and culture, we are presented with love's essential truths and can begin to unravel our confusions around intimacy and attachment. A hopeful path towards a kinder, more balanced understanding of what it means to love in a complex world. Essays include The Ideals and Dangers of Love, Love as Compassion, Working at Love and Expansive Love.