Unrequited

Unrequited Women and Romantic Obsession

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Publisher's Synopsis

"The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didn't return her feelings. She soon became obsessed. She followed him around, called him compulsively, and talked about him endlessly. One desperate morning, after she snuck into his apartment building, he picked up a baseball bat to protect himself and began to dial 911. Her unrequited love had changed her from a sane, conscientious college teacher and radio reporter into someone she barely recognized - someone who was taking her yearning much too far. In Unrequited, Phillips explores the tremendous force of obsessive love in women's lives. She argues that it needs to be understood, respected, and channeled for personal growth - yet it also has the potential to go terribly awry. Interweaving her own story with frank interviews and in-depth research in science, psychology, cultural history, and literature, Phillips describes how romantic obsession takes root,

Book information

ISBN: 9780062114013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 364.158
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: x, 291
Weight: 408g
Height: 239mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 28mm