Reinventing Love

""In this invigorating study...Chollet makes a bold case that love itself is warped by patriarchy and in need of correction....In Emanuel's fluid translation, Chollet's prose is both easygoing and erudite, maintaining an effortless flow as she seamlessly folds new thinkers and examples (from bell hooks and Simone de Beauvoir to Sally Rooney and Princess Leia) into her ever-expanding analysis. It's a must-read.""--Publishers Weekly (starred) ""In a spirited social critique, French feminist Chollet draws on movies, TV, novels, advertisements, psychoanalysis, and feminist theory to examine impediments to fulfilling experiences of heterosexual love...A vital celebration of loving.""--Kirkus Reviews ""Four years after #Metoo, feminist literature is tackling the crux of the problem: heterosexual relationships. Unease has mounted among feminist heterosexuals, feeling torn at best, traitorous to their cause at worst. Fortunately Mona Chollet is here."" --Vogue (France) ""[A] committed, honest, astonishing approach in search of tangible emancipation."" -- Le Monde ""[Chollet is] an inspiring figure for an entire generation of feminists."" --Elle (France) ""'Reinventing love.' An ambitious project, but could we expect less from Mona Chollet, a successful author who has become an icon of feminism?... [Chollet] dissects a subject often shunned by feminism: love."" --Huffington Post (France)