Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times "Modern Love" column--including stories from the upcoming anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery A young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief. A man's promising fourth date ends in the emergency room. A female lawyer with bipolar disorder experiences the highs and lows of dating. A widower hesitates about introducing his children to his new girlfriend. A divorcée in her seventies looks back at the beauty and rubble of past relationships. These are just a few of the people who tell their stories in Modern Love, Revised and Updated, featuring dozens of the most memorable essays to run in The New York Times "Modern Love" column since its debut in 2004. Some of the stories are unconventional, while others hit close to home. Some reveal the way technology has changed dating forever; others explore the timeless struggles experienced by anyone who has ever searched for love. But all of the stories are, above everything else, honest. Together, they tell the larger story of how relationships begin, often fail, and--when we're lucky--endure. Edited by longtime "Modern Love" editor Daniel Jones and featuring a diverse selection of contributors--including Mindy Hung, Trey Ellis, Ann Hood, Deborah Copaken, Terri Cheney, and more--this is the perfect book for anyone who's loved, lost, stalked an ex on social media, or pined for true romance: In other words, anyone interested in the endlessly complicated workings of the human heart. Cris Beam - "Just Holding on through the Curves" Kevin Cahillane - "Out from Under the Influence" Veronica Chambers - "Loved and Lost? It's OK, Especially if You Win" Terri Cheney - "Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am" Deborah Copaken - "When Cupid is a Prying Journalist" Diane Daniel -"My Husband is Now My Wife" Rebecca Eckler - "Two Men, Baby on the Way, and Me" Trey Ellis - "Who's That Lady in the Bedroom, Daddy?" Anne Marie Feld - "Two Decembers: Loss and Redemption" Rachel Fields - "The Five Stages of Ghosting Grief" Elizabeth Fitzsimons - "My First Lesson in Motherhood" Steve Friedman - "No? No? No? Let Me Read Between the Lines" Susan M. Gelles -"Single, and Surrounded by a Wall of Men" Brian Gittis - "At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity" Meredith Hall - "When I was Sixteen, I Placed Him for Adoption, Could We Try Again?" Julie Margaret Hogben - "When the Doorman is Your Main Man" Ann Hood - "Now I Need a Place to Hide Away" Mindy Hung - "I Seemed Plucky and Game, Even to Myself" Jennifer Just - "Beyond Divorce and Even Death, a Promise Kept" Howie Kahn - "The Third Half of a Couple" Jean Hanff Korelitz - "Sleeping with the Guitar Player" Marisa Lascher - "Single, Unemployed, and Suddenly Myself" Claire Scovell LaZebnik - "Adolescence, without a Roadmap" Ann Leary - "Rallying to Keep the Game Alive" Aaron Long - "First I Met My Children, Then My Girlfriend. They're Related." Mark McDevitt - "Misery Loves Fried Chicken, Too" Carolyn Megan - "Something Like Motherhood" Liza Monroy - "When Mom Is on the Scent, and Right" Theo Pauline Nestor - "The Chicken's in the Oven, My Husband's Out the Door" Eve Pell - "The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap" Matteson Perry - "Uh, Honey, That's Not Your Line" Gary Presley - "Would My Heart Outrun Its Pursuer?" Andrew Rannells - "During a Night of Casual Sex, Urgent Messages Go Unanswered" Amy Krouse Rosenthal - "You May Want to Marry Her Husband" Dan Savage - "DJ's Homeless Mommy" Kristen Scharold - "When Eve and Eve Bit the Apple" Abby Sher - "So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?" Larry Smith - "Hear That Wedding March Often Enough, You Fall in Step" Autumn Stephens - "A Body Scarred, a Marriage Healed" Katherine Tanney - "When Mr. Reliable Becomes Mr. Needy" Gabrielle Ulubay - "For Best Hookup Results, Use Your Words, OK?" Ayelet Waldman - "Truly, Madly, Guiltily"