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An awardwinning journalist chronicles her first open relationship with breathtaking honesty Los Angeles Times in this sexy messy necessary look at polyamory The Advocate
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR PopSugar Them
When Rachel Krantz met and fell for Adam he told her that he was looking for a committed partnershipjust one that did not include monogamy Intrigued and more than a little nervous Krantz decided to see whether their love could coexist with the freedom to date other people Could they strike an exquisite balance between intimacy and independence and find a way to feel passion for each other once the honeymoon phase ended
Krantz documents her dive into polyamory from Brooklyn sex parties to swinging and beyond in her extraordinary debut memoir As she attempts to write a new plot for her love story with Adam she runs up against miscommunications gaslighting and ancient power dynamics and seeks solid ground in a relationship where the rules are evershifting An awardwinning journalist she interviewed scientists psychologists and people living and loving outside the mainstream as she searched to understand what polyamory would do to her heart her mind and her life
With an unflinching eye and pageturning storytelling Open is groundbreaking in both its documentarian approachto polyamoryand its explicit subject matter From debilitating anxiety spirals to heartopening connections with the men and women she dates Rachel puts her whole self on the line as she attempts to redefine what a relationship isor could be
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