When you love someone how does it feel? & when you desire someone how is it different? In Mating in Captivity Esther Perel looks at the story of sex in committed couples Modern romance promises it all
- a lifetime of togetherness intimacy & erotic desire In reality it's hard to want what you already have Our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion & often the very thing that got us to into our relationships
- lust
- is the one thing that goes missing from them Determined to reconcile the erotic & the domestic Perel explains why democracy is a passion killer in the bedroom Argues for playfulness distance & uncertainty & shows what it takes to bring lust home Smart sexy & explosively original Mating in Captivity is the monogamist's essential bedside read