Whatever . . . Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio, UNITED STATES, 2015
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- Title
- Whatever . . . Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves
- Author
- Maria Bello
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio, UNITED STATES
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- AudioCD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1504611217
- ISBN 13
- 9781504611213
The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation.
Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, Coming Out as a Modern Family, in the New York Times popular Modern Love column, in which she recalled telling her son that she had fallen in love with her best friend, a womanand her relief at his easy and immediate acceptance with the phrase Whatever Mom, love is love. She made a compelling argument about the fluidity of partnerships, and how families today come in a myriad of designs.
In her first book, Bello broadens her insights as she examines the idea of partnership in every womans life, and her own. She examines the myths that so many of us believe about partnershipthat the partnership begins when the sex begins, that partnerships are static, that you have to love yourself before you can be loved, and turns them on their heads. Bello explores how many different relationshipsromantic, platonic, spiritual, familial, educationalhelped define her life. She encourages women to realize that the only labels we have are the ones we put on ourselves, and the best, happiest partnerships are the ones that make your life better, even if they dont fit the mold of typical.
Throughout this powerful and engaging read, Bello shares intimate stories and lessons on how she has come to discover her happiest self, accept who she is, and live honestly and freely, and tells the stories of those who came to her after her Times columns, grateful that someone gave voice to their life choices.
Whatever...Love is Love is not a memoir about an actress. It is a frank, raw, and honest book about the way every woman questions the roles she plays in love, work, and life, filled with wisdom, questions, and insights relevant to us all.
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From the Back Cover
Am I damaged?
Am I resilient?
Am I enough?
Questioning the labels we wear when it comes to partnership, career, love, and sexuality is at the heart of Maria Bello's Whatever . . . Love Is Love.
Written as a series of provocative questions and thoughtful answers, Whatever . . . Love Is Love is filled with deeply personal, often funny, and even passionate stories, stories in which Maria bares her soul and shares what she's learned--not only about romantic love, but also about her relationship with her parents, her feelings about spirituality, her sexual identity, the highs and lows of her career, her humanitarian work, and her worth as a mother.
Using her experiences as a gateway to a larger conversation, Maria encourages you to think about the life you lead, who you love, what you do, what you believe in, and what you call yourself . . . and helps you to realize that the only labels that matter are the ones we place on and accept for ourselves, even if they don't fit the mold of "typical."
"Whatever . . . Love Is Love isn't your typical celebrity memoir. . . . Instead, each chapter, through charming candor and humor, challenges a series of 'labels' that represent impossible standards to which we hold ourselves."--Marie Claire
"Never preachy, in this book [Bello] diligently and methodically deconstructs where her values have come from. . . . Personal, provocative, and inspiring."--Patricia Arquette, Oscar(R)-nominated actor
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