"Essays in Love" will appeal to anyone who has ever been in a relationship or confused about love. The book charts the progress of a relationship between a man and a woman, from their first kiss to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak. The work`s genius lies in the way it minutely analysis emotions we`ve all felt before but have perhaps never understood so well: it includes a chapter on the anxieties of when and how to say "I love you" and another on the challenges of disagreeing with someone else`s taste in shoes. While gripping the reader with the talent of a great novelist, de Botton brings a philosopher`s sensibility to his analyses of the emotions of love, resulting in a genre-breaking book that is at once touching and thought-provoking.