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Key ideas from The School of Life exploring relationships

The School of Life has distilled its most essential lessons on love in order to produce a pocket manual that is at once useful and entertaining. We learn - among other things - how to pick partners more reliably, how to avoid conflict and how to know whether a relationship is really for us.

We should cease to imagine that a satisfied love life is a chance event; with this book in hand, it emerges as something that we can all plot for and achieve.

Love is a skill, not an emotion; this is a guide to how we might master it.

Chapters include:

  • Arguments
  • Dating Apps
  • Love as Generosity
  • Romantic Disappointment
  • Sex
  • Unrequited Love

Paperback book | 96 pages | 157mm x 111mm

Also available in a digital format - click to explore

Ebook

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Grace U. ★★★★★

I keep this little pocket manual in my bag and end up rereading a section whenever I'm waiting somewhere. The lessons on attachment and communication are short enough to actually stick with you.

Daniel ★★★★★

It’s rare that a book this small feels this complete, but the way it breaks love into clear, usable lessons made me stop and reread several pages out loud to my partner. The pocket size means I can toss it in a bag for trips, and it’s genuinely entertaining rather than preachy—perfect for a coffee b

Carter U. ★★★★★

Bought this for my nightstand and ended up reading it cover to cover in one sitting—every page distills a relationship truth I’ve wrestled with for years into a few clear lines. The pocket size makes it easy to slip into a bag for rereading on the commute, and the tone manages to be wise without eve

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