{"product_id":"9781529919967","title":"Arrangements in Blue : Notes on Love and Making a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The book I've been waiting for my entire life' DOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIs it possible that life without romantic love isn't so bad?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen poet Amy Key was growing up, she looked forward to a life shaped by romance, fuelled by desire, longing and the conventional markers of success that come when you share a life with another person. But that didn't happen for her. Now in her forties, she sets out to explore the realities of a life lived in the absence of romantic love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue - which shaped Key's expectations of love - as an anchor, Arrangements in Blue elegantly honours a life lived completely by, and for, oneself.\n\u003cbr\u003eBuilding a home, travelling alone, choosing whether to be a mother, recognising her own milestones, learning the limits of self-care and the expansive potential of self-friendship, Key uncovers the many forms of connection and care that often go unnoticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith profound candour and intimacy, Arrangements in Blue explores the painful feelings we are usually too ashamed to discuss: loneliness, envy, grief and failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The result is a book which inspires us to live and love more honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**A SUNDAY TIMES AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Marks an important shift in ideas about intimacy' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49647615508728,"sku":"EB_LI0400_F03-05_SYDNEY","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781529919967-1_83ebb2e7-4876-48ba-a365-a5a7ed2b8812.jpg?v=1789717320","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781529919967","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}